Where does “demasca” come from?
demasca (Romanian) comes from French démasquer, from French dé, from Middle French de, from Old French dé, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
demasca (Romanian): to unmask
Definitions
- to unmask
Ancestry of “demasca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | démasquer | to remove a mask, to unmask |
| 2 | French | dé | die; diced slice; thimble |
| 3 | Middle French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Old French | dé | die |
| 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 |