Where does “deșertificare” come from?
deșertificare (Romanian) comes from Romanian deșertifica, from Romanian deșert, from French désert, from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē- — afterwards, post; by, at.
deșertificare (Romanian): desertification
Definitions
- desertification
Ancestry of “deșertificare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | deșertifica | to desertify |
| 2 | Romanian | deșert | empty, bare, desolate, vacant, deserted; desert,... |
| 3 | French | désert | desert; deserted |
| 4 | Old French | desert | desert (desolate terrain) |
| 5 | Latin | dēsertum | a desert, wasteland |
| 6 | Latin | dēsertus | deserted, abandoned, forsaken; having been deserted, etc |
| 7 | Latin | dēserō | to leave, depart, desert, quit |
| 8 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 9 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |