Where does “декаданс” come from?
декаданс (Ukrainian) comes from French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia, from Latin dēcadere, from Latin dēcīdō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
декаданс (Ukrainian): decadence
Definitions
- decadence
Ancestry of “декаданс”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | décadence | decadence |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | decadentia | decay |
| 3 | Latin | dēcadere | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēcīdō | to fall down or off; collapse; drop, hang down |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |