Where does “dezmembrare” come from?
dezmembrare (Romanian) comes from Romanian dezmembra, from French démembrer, from Old French desmembrer, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre — to give.
dezmembrare (Romanian): dismemberment
Definitions
- dismemberment
Ancestry of “dezmembrare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | dezmembra | to take apart |
| 2 | French | démembrer | to dismember; to diminish; to make smaller |
| 3 | Old French | desmembrer | to dismember; to dismantle; to destroy; to rip to... |
| 4 | Old French | des | — |
| 5 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 7 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 8 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |