Where does “Fedspeak” come from?
Fedspeak (English) comes from English Fed, from English federation, from French Fédération, from Latin foederatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Fedspeak (English): Impenetrable economic jargon used by the US...
Definitions
- Impenetrable economic jargon used by the US...
Ancestry of “Fedspeak”, step by step
Fedspeak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Fed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fed | The Federal Reserve Board or System |
| 2 | English | federation | Act of joining together into a single political... |
| 3 | French | Fédération | federation |
| 4 | Latin | foederatio | federation, treaty |
| 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 English speak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speak | To communicate with one's voice, to say words out... |
| 2 | Middle English | speke | — |
| 3 | Old English | specan | Alternative form of sprecan; to speak |
| 4 | Old English | sprecan | to speak, talk |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprekan | to speak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |