Where does “pérdida” come from?

pérdida (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin perdita, from Latin perditus, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

pérdida (Spanish): loss; leak

Definitions

  1. loss; leak

Ancestry of “pérdida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinperditanominative feminine singular of perditus;...
2Latinperditusdestroyed, ruined; wasted, squandered; lost
3LatinperdoI destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose...
4Latin-dōto put
5Proto-Germanic-dô
6SiciliandiUsed to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
7Latinof; concerning; about
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European póstiEvery word from Proto-Italic posti