Where does “desuetudine” come from?
desuetudine (Romanian) comes from French désuétude, from Latin desuetudo, from Latin dēsuētus, from Latin dēsuēscō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
desuetudine (Romanian): obsolescence, disuse
Definitions
- obsolescence, disuse
Ancestry of “desuetudine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | désuétude | obsolescence |
| 2 | Latin | desuetudo | discontinuance of a practice or a habit |
| 3 | Latin | dēsuētus | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēsuēscō | to forget, to unlearn |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |