Where does “intervention” come from?
intervention (Danish) comes from English interventionist, from French interventionniste, from French intervention, from Latin interventiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
intervention (Danish): intervention
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Ancestry of “intervention”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | interventionist | Of or pertaining to interventionism, or an... |
| 2 | French | interventionniste | interventionist |
| 3 | French | intervention | intervention |
| 4 | Latin | interventiō | guarantee, caution |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |