Where does “dille” come from?
dille (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Italian dilettare, from Latin delecto, from Latin dēliciō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
dille (Norwegian Bokmål): fool around, monkey around; act without purpose;...
Definitions
- fool around, monkey around; act without purpose;...
Ancestry of “dille”, step by step
dille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian dilettare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dilettare | to please, to delight |
| 2 | Latin | delecto | I delight, charm, please; dative masculine... |
| 3 | Latin | dēliciō | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Latin dēlīrium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | dēlīrium | delirium, madness, frenzy |
| 2 | Latin | dēlīrō | to deviate from the straight track |
| 3 | Latin | lira | the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | loizā | furrow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lóyseh₂ | following, track; furrow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leys- | to trace, to track |