Where does “abfraction” come from?
abfraction (English) comes from English fraction, from Middle English fraccioun, from Occitan fraccion, from Latin fractio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
abfraction (English): A proposed mechanism for noncarious tooth tissue loss, owing not to decay but rather to biomechanical stresses of biting and chewing; the pathogenesis of such damage remains a subject of continuing study
Definitions
- A proposed mechanism for noncarious tooth tissue loss, owing not to decay but rather to biomechanical stresses of biting and chewing; the pathogenesis of such damage remains a subject of continuing study
Ancestry of “abfraction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fraction | A part of a whole, especially a comparatively... |
| 2 | Middle English | fraccioun | a breaking |
| 3 | Occitan | fraccion | a part; fraction |
| 4 | Latin | fractio | the action of breaking; fraction |
| 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 |