Where does “desperdício” come from?

desperdício (Portuguese) comes from Spanish desperdicio, from Latin disperdere, from Latin disperdo, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.

desperdício (Portuguese): waste, wastage; rubbish

Definitions

  1. waste, wastage; rubbish

Ancestry of “desperdício”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdesperdiciowaste
2Latindisperderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatindisperdoI destroy or ruin
4LatinperdoI destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose...
5Latin-dōto put
6Proto-Germanic-dô
7SiciliandiUsed to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
8Latinof; concerning; about
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

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