Where does “perdiție” come from?

perdiție (Romanian) comes from French perdition, from Old French perdiciun, from Latin perditiō, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.

perdiție (Romanian): perdition

Definitions

  1. perdition

Ancestry of “perdiție”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperditionperdition
2Old Frenchperdiciunthe loss of one's soul, often to Satan
3Latinperditiōruin, destruction
4LatinperdoI destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose...
5Latin-dōto put
6Proto-Germanic-dô
7SiciliandiUsed to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
8Latinof; concerning; about
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European póstiEvery word from Proto-Italic posti
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