Where does “Dickensian” come from?
Dickensian derives from English Dicken, a diminutive of English Dick, itself from Latin -us and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -ós, a suffix forming agent nouns.
Dickensian (English): Of or pertaining to Charles Dickens or,...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to Charles Dickens or,...
Ancestry of “Dickensian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dickens | notably borne by [[w:Charles Dickens |
| 2 | English | Dicken | — |
| 3 | English | Dick | A male person |
| 4 | English | declaration | A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion,... |
| 5 | Middle English | declaration | — |
| 6 | Old French | declaration | — |
| 7 | Latin | declaratio | The act of making clear; a disclosure,... |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |