Where does “postcalculație” come from?
postcalculație (Romanian) comes from Romanian post, from French poste, from Italian posta, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus, from Proto-Indo-European pro-bhwo-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
postcalculație (Romanian): post-calculation
Definitions
- post-calculation
Ancestry of “postcalculație”, step by step
postcalculație traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | post | fast, fasting |
| 2 | French | poste | post office; mail, postal service/system; job,... |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 6 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Romanian calculație
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | calculație | calculation |
| 2 | Latin | calculatio | computation, calculation, reckoning |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |