Where does “degenerare” come from?
degenerare (Romanian) comes from Romanian degenera, from French dégénérer, from Latin degenerare, from Latin degenero, from Latin degener, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
degenerare (Romanian): degeneration
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Ancestry of “degenerare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | degenera | to degenerate |
| 2 | French | dégénérer | to degenerate |
| 3 | Latin | degenerare | present active infinitive of dēgenerō;... |
| 4 | Latin | degenero | I degenerate, deteriorate |
| 5 | Latin | degener | of inferior stock, low-born; inferior to one’s... |
| 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 |