Where does “descindământ” come from?
descindământ (Romanian) comes from Romanian descinde, from French descendre, from Middle French descendre, from Old French descendre, from Latin dēscendō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
descindământ (Romanian): downward slope
Definitions
- downward slope
Ancestry of “descindământ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | descinde | to descend, alight, dismount; to descend or... |
| 2 | French | descendre | to go down; to descend; to put down; disparage |
| 3 | Middle French | descendre | to dismount |
| 4 | Old French | descendre | to go down; to descend; to dismount |
| 5 | Latin | dēscendō | to climb down, to go or come down, to descend |
| 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 |