Where does “desire” come from?
desire (Romanian) comes from Romanian desi, from Romanian și, from Italian sì, from Italian bene, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
desire (Romanian): thickening
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Ancestry of “desire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | desi | although, even though, even if, in spite of, despite the fact that |
| 2 | Romanian | și | and; also; form of își in hyphenated compounds... |
| 3 | Italian | sì | yes; so |
| 4 | Italian | bene | upper-class, posh, high; well, nicely, OK, right;... |
| 5 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 6 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |