Where does “adpositionally” come from?
adpositionally (English) comes from English adpositional, from English adposition, from English Position, from Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
adpositionally (English): In an adpositional manner
Definitions
- In an adpositional manner
Ancestry of “adpositionally”, step by step
adpositionally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adpositional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adpositional | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an... |
| 2 | English | adposition | An element that combines syntactically with a... |
| 3 | English | Position | A place or location |
| 4 | Middle English | posicioun | Position or location on the body; A announcement... |
| 5 | Old French | posicion | — |
| 6 | Latin | positiō | position, place |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |