Where does “dezmembra” come from?
dezmembra (Romanian) comes from French démembrer, from Old French desmembrer, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
dezmembra (Romanian): to take apart
Definitions
- to take apart
Ancestry of “dezmembra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | démembrer | to dismember; to diminish; to make smaller |
| 2 | Old French | desmembrer | to dismember; to dismantle; to destroy; to rip to... |
| 3 | Old French | des | — |
| 4 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 6 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 7 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |