Where does “perdre” come from?
perdre (Middle French) comes from Old French perdre, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
perdre (Middle French): to lose
Definitions
- to lose
Ancestry of “perdre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | perdre | to lose |
| 2 | Latin | perdo | I destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose... |
| 3 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 5 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |