Where does “a despeito de” come from?
a despeito de (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese despeito, from Old Portuguese despeito, from Latin dēspectus, from Latin dēspiciō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
a despeito de (Portuguese): in spite of (despite)
Definitions
- in spite of (despite)
Ancestry of “a despeito de”, step by step
a despeito de traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese despeito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | despeito | spite; resentment; pique |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | despeito | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēspectus | disdained, despised |
| 4 | Latin | dēspiciō | to look down upon |
| 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 |