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Where does “endeble” come from?

endeble (Spanish) comes from Latin indebilis, from Latin dēbilis, from Latin dēbeō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.

endeble (Spanish): flimsy, feeble, infirm; flimsy, tenuous;...

Definitions

  1. flimsy, feeble, infirm; flimsy, tenuous;...

Ancestry of “endeble”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinindebilis—
2Latindēbilis—
3Latindēbeō—
4Latindē-—
5Latindē—
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicposti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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