Where does “demaskacja” come from?
demaskacja (Polish) comes from Polish demaskować, from French démasquer, from French dé, from Middle French de, from Old French dé, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
demaskacja (Polish): unmasking, exposure
Definitions
- unmasking, exposure
Ancestry of “demaskacja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | demaskować | to expose, to muckrake, to uncover, to smoke out |
| 2 | French | démasquer | to remove a mask, to unmask |
| 3 | French | dé | die; diced slice; thimble |
| 4 | Middle French | de | of; from |
| 5 | Old French | dé | die |
| 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 |