Where does “attributional” come from?
Attributional derives from English attribution, from Latin attributio (a bestowing or assigning), formed from Latin ad- (to) and -tio (a suffix forming nouns of action).
attributional (English): Of or pertaining to attribution
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to attribution
Ancestry of “attributional”, step by step
attributional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English attribution
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attribution | The act of attributing something; An explicit or... |
| 2 | Middle French | attribution | — |
| 3 | Latin | attributio | assignment of a debt; predicate, attribute |
| 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 |