Where does “deșert” come from?
deșert (Romanian) comes from French désert, from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
deșert (Romanian): empty, bare, desolate, vacant, deserted; desert,...
Definitions
- empty, bare, desolate, vacant, deserted; desert,...
Ancestry of “deșert”, step by step
deșert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French désert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | désert | desert; deserted |
| 2 | Old French | desert | desert (desolate terrain) |
| 3 | Latin | dēsertum | a desert, wasteland |
| 4 | Latin | dēsertus | deserted, abandoned, forsaken; having been deserted, etc |
| 5 | Latin | dēserō | to leave, depart, desert, quit |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via French dessert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dessert | dessert, pudding; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | Middle French | dessert | — |
| 3 | Middle French | desservir | — |
| 4 | Middle French | servir | to serve |
| 5 | Old French | servir | to serve |
| 6 | Latin | serviō | to be a slave to; to serve |
| 7 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |