Where does “apparition” come from?
Apparition comes from Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio (a appearing or attendance), derived from Latin appareo (to appear), composed of Latin ad- (to) and a root from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- (to stretch or extend).
apparition (English): An act of becoming visible; appearance;...
Definitions
- An act of becoming visible; appearance;...
Ancestry of “apparition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | apparition | — |
| 2 | Latin | apparitio | service, attendance; servants, domestics |
| 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 |