Where does “debilita” come from?
debilita (Romanian) comes from French débiliter, from Latin debilitare, from Latin debilito, from Latin dēbilis, from Latin dēbeō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
debilita (Romanian): to debilitate
Definitions
- to debilitate
Ancestry of “debilita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | débiliter | to debilitate |
| 2 | Latin | debilitare | present active infinitive of dēbilitō;... |
| 3 | Latin | debilito | I cripple or maim; I debilitate, unnerve, disable... |
| 4 | Latin | dēbilis | weak, frail, feeble |
| 5 | Latin | dēbeō | to owe something, to be under obligation to and for something |
| 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 |