Where does “degenerować” come from?
degenerować (Polish) comes from German degenerieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
degenerować (Polish): to degenerate
Definitions
- to degenerate
Ancestry of “degenerować”, step by step
degenerować traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German degenerieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | degenerieren | to degenerate |
| 2 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via French dégénérer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dégénérer | to degenerate |
| 2 | Latin | degenerare | present active infinitive of dēgenerō;... |
| 3 | Latin | degenero | I degenerate, deteriorate |
| 4 | Latin | degener | of inferior stock, low-born; inferior to one’s... |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 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 |