Where does “destrugere” come from?
destrugere (Vulgar Latin) comes from Classical Latin dēstruō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.
destrugere (Vulgar Latin): present active infinitive of *dēstrugō
Definitions
- present active infinitive of *dēstrugō
Ancestry of “destrugere”, step by step
destrugere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Classical Latin dēstruō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Latin | dēstruō | — |
| 2 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |