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Where does “десантный” come from?

десантный (Russian) comes from Russian деса́нт, from French descente, from Old French descente, from Old French descendre, from Latin dēscendō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

Ancestry of “десантный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдеса́нт—
2Frenchdescentedescent; way down; descending
3Old Frenchdescente—
4Old Frenchdescendreto go down; to descend; to dismount
5Latindēscendō—
6Latindē-—
7Latindē—
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicposti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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