Where does “desperdiciar” come from?
desperdiciar (Spanish) comes from Spanish desperdicio, from Latin disperdere, from Latin disperdo, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
desperdiciar (Spanish): to waste
Definitions
- to waste
Ancestry of “desperdiciar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | desperdicio | waste |
| 2 | Latin | disperdere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | disperdo | I destroy or ruin |
| 4 | Latin | perdo | I destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose... |
| 5 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 7 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |