Where does “adjustress” come from?
adjustress (English) comes from English adjuster, from English adjust, from Middle English ajusten, from Middle French adjuster, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
adjustress (English): A female adjuster
Definitions
- A female adjuster
Ancestry of “adjustress”, step by step
adjustress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adjuster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adjuster | One who adjusts, especially for the insurance... |
| 2 | English | adjust | To modify; To improve or rectify; To settle an... |
| 3 | Middle English | ajusten | — |
| 4 | Middle French | adjuster | — |
| 5 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 6 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 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 |