Where does “diskettestation” come from?
diskettestation (Dutch) comes from Dutch station, from French station, from Old French estation, from Latin statiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
diskettestation (Dutch): floppy drive
Definitions
- floppy drive
Ancestry of “diskettestation”, step by step
diskettestation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch station
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | station | station (place for vehicles to stop) |
| 2 | French | station | station |
| 3 | Old French | estation | garrison; pause; break; visit to a church for... |
| 4 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 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 |
via Dutch diskette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | diskette | floppy disk, diskette |
| 2 | English | diskette | A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and... |
| 3 | English | -ette | Used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of... |
| 4 | Middle English | -ette | — |
| 5 | Old French | -ette | Alternative form of -ete |
| 6 | Latin | -itta | — |
| 7 | Hungarian | iszik | to drink |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |