Where does “busstation” come from?
busstation (Danish) comes from Danish station, from Old French estation, from Latin statiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
busstation (Danish): bus station
Definitions
- bus station
Ancestry of “busstation”, step by step
busstation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish station
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | station | station major stopping place for busses or trains |
| 2 | Old French | estation | garrison; pause; break; visit to a church for... |
| 3 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Danish bus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | bus | bus, coach |
| 2 | Danish | omnibus | — |
| 3 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 4 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 5 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |