Where does “administrative” come from?
Administrative comes from Anglo-Norman -if, Latin -ivus, and Proto-Indo-European -iHwós and -wós, suffixes forming adjectives from verbal roots.
administrative (English): Of or relating to administering or administration
Definitions
- Of or relating to administering or administration
Ancestry of “administrative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | administrate | to administer; the act or function of providing... |
| 2 | English | administration | The act of administering; government of public... |
| 3 | Middle English | administracioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | administration | — |
| 5 | Latin | administrātiō | administration, management, government (of a city, body) |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |