Where does “Eurovision” come from?
Eurovision (English) comes from French vision, from Middle French vision, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Eurovision (English): A European broadcasting system, created by the European Broadcasting Union, that produces the Eurovision Song Contest and related programmes
Definitions
- A European broadcasting system, created by the European Broadcasting Union, that produces the Eurovision Song Contest and related programmes
Ancestry of “Eurovision”, step by step
Eurovision traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French vision
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vision | vision, sight |
| 2 | Middle French | vision | vision, sight |
| 3 | Old French | vision | vision (supernatural sensory experience) |
| 4 | Latin | vīsiō | seeing, sight, vision, view |
| 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 Galician visión
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | visión | vision; vision, sight; view |
via Spanish visión
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | visión | vision; vision, sight; view |