Where does “делегатка” come from?
делегатка (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian делега́т, from Polish delegat, from Latin dēlēgātus, from Latin delego, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
делегатка (Ukrainian): delegate
Definitions
- delegate
Ancestry of “делегатка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | делега́т | delegate |
| 2 | Polish | delegat | delegate |
| 3 | Latin | dēlēgātus | delegated; sent on a commission |
| 4 | Latin | delego | I send, assign, dispatch, delegate; I confide,... |
| 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 |