Where does “decorticator” come from?
decorticator (Romanian) comes from Romanian decortica, from French décortiquer, from Latin decortico, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
decorticator (Romanian): decorticator, peeler
Definitions
- decorticator, peeler
Ancestry of “decorticator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | decortica | to decorticate |
| 2 | French | décortiquer | to decorticate, to peel, to shell; to dissect, to... |
| 3 | Latin | decortico | I remove the bark or peel; I decorticate |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |