Where does “destitute” come from?
destitute (Middle English) comes from Latin destitutus, from Latin dēstituō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
Ancestry of “destitute”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | destitutus | destitute; disappointed; childless |
| 2 | Latin | dēstituō | — |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē | — |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “destitute”