Where does “do” come from?
do (Spanish) comes from Italian do, from Italian doni, from Italian dono, from Latin dōnum, from Turkish dönmek, from Ottoman Turkish دونمك, from Old Turkic ton-, from English Hyun.
do (Spanish): do; C; where
Definitions
- do; C; where
Ancestry of “do”, step by step
do traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian do
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | do | first-person singular indicative present of dare;... |
| 2 | Italian | doni | plural of dono; second-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | dono | gift; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | dōnum | gift, present |
| 5 | Turkish | dönmek | to turn; to return; to rotate |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | دونمك | to turn around; to turn |
| 7 | Old Turkic | ton- | — |
| 8 | English | Hyun | — |
| 9 | Korean | 현 | 現: current; present; 絃: string |
| 10 | Chinese | 玄 | — |
via Old Spanish do
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | do | where |
| 2 | Old Spanish | de | of; -'s |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 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 |