Where does “application” come from?
Application comes from Latin applicātiō, a noun formed with the suffix -tiō from applicāre, meaning to attach or apply, derived from the prefix ad- and the root plicāre.
application (English): The act of applying or laying on, in a literal...
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- The act of applying or laying on, in a literal...
Ancestry of “application”, step by step
application traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English applicacioun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | applicacioun | — |
| 2 | Old French | aplicacion | application |
| 3 | Latin | applicātiō | application, inclination |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English apply
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apply | To lay or place; to put; To put to use; to use or... |
| 2 | Middle English | aplien | — |
| 3 | Old French | applier | to bend; to apply |
| 4 | Latin | applicō | to apply |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |