Where does “ganapierde” come from?
ganapierde (Spanish) comes from Spanish perder, from Old Spanish perder, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
ganapierde (Spanish): lose to win game mode; a game mode where the loser wins by the regular rules (such as in checkers)
Definitions
- lose to win game mode; a game mode where the loser wins by the regular rules (such as in checkers)
Ancestry of “ganapierde”, step by step
ganapierde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish perder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | perder | to lose; to miss, to miss out; to waste |
| 2 | Old Spanish | perder | — |
| 3 | Latin | perdo | I destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose... |
| 4 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 6 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |