Where does “posteritate” come from?
posteritate (Romanian) comes from French postérité, from Latin posteritas, from Latin posterus, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.
posteritate (Romanian): posterity
Definitions
- posterity
Ancestry of “posteritate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | postérité | posterity; history |
| 2 | Latin | posteritas | future time; posterity; offspring |
| 3 | Latin | posterus | following, next, coming after; inferior |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |