Where does “deteriorare” come from?
deteriorare (Romanian) comes from Romanian deteriora, from French détériorer, from Late Latin deterioro, from Latin deterior, from Latin dēter, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
deteriorare (Romanian): deterioration
Definitions
- deterioration
Ancestry of “deteriorare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | deteriora | to deteriorate |
| 2 | French | détériorer | to deteriorate |
| 3 | Late Latin | deterioro | — |
| 4 | Latin | deterior | worse |
| 5 | Latin | dēter | — |
| 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 |