Where does “declinativo” come from?
declinativo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese declinar, from Latin dēclīnō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
declinativo (Portuguese): declensional
Ancestry of “declinativo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | declinar | to abate; to decline |
| 2 | Latin | dēclīnō | — |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē | — |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |