Where does “designa” come from?
designa (Romanian) comes from French désigner, from English designer, from English design, from Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin dēsignō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
designa (Romanian): to designate
Definitions
- to designate
Ancestry of “designa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | désigner | to designate; to indicate; to connote |
| 2 | English | designer | A person who designs something, or who designs... |
| 3 | English | design | A specification of an object or process,... |
| 4 | Middle English | designen | — |
| 5 | Old French | designer | — |
| 6 | Latin | dēsignō | to mark |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |