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Where does “deșertăciune” come from?

deșertăciune (Romanian) comes from Romanian deșert, from French désert, from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.

deșertăciune (Romanian): vanity, vaingloriousness; futility, uselessness

Definitions

  1. vanity, vaingloriousness; futility, uselessness

Ancestry of “deșertăciune”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniandeșertempty, bare, desolate, vacant, deserted; desert,...
2Frenchdésertdesert; deserted
3Old Frenchdesertdesert
4Latindēsertum—
5Latindēsertus—
6Latindēserō—
7Latindē-—
8Latindē—
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicposti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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