Where does “decline” come from?
decline (Romanian) comes from Romanian declina, from French décliner, from Old French decliner, from Latin dēclīnō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
decline (Romanian): third-person singular present subjunctive of...
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- third-person singular present subjunctive of...
Ancestry of “decline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | declina | to decline; to be declined |
| 2 | French | décliner | to weaken, to sicken, to go downhill; to... |
| 3 | Old French | decliner | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēclīnō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē | — |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |