Where does “Repton” come from?
Repton (English) comes from English reptation, from Latin rēptātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Repton (English): A placename
Definitions
- A placename
Ancestry of “Repton”, step by step
Repton traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English reptation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reptation | A creeping movement; A creeping thermal motion of... |
| 2 | Latin | rēptātiō | act of creeping, crawling |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English on
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | on | In the state of being active, functioning or... |
| 2 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 3 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Old English Hreopadūn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | Hreopadūn | Repton, a village in England |