Where does “autodemasca” come from?
autodemasca (Romanian) comes from Romanian demasca, 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.
autodemasca (Romanian): to self-unmask
Definitions
- to self-unmask
Ancestry of “autodemasca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | demasca | to unmask |
| 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 |