Where does “baby dedication” come from?
baby dedication (English) comes from English dedication, from Middle English dedicacioun, from Old French dedicacion, from Latin dedicatio, from Latin dēdicō, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
baby dedication (English): Dedication of infant children to Christian upbringing and future Christian service
Definitions
- Dedication of infant children to Christian upbringing and future Christian service
Ancestry of “baby dedication”, step by step
baby dedication traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dedication
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dedication | The act of dedicating or the state of being... |
| 2 | Middle English | dedicacioun | — |
| 3 | Old French | dedicacion | consecration of a church or chapel |
| 4 | Latin | dedicatio | dedication, consecration |
| 5 | Latin | dēdicō | to dedicate, consecrate |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 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 |
via English baby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | baby | A very young human, particularly from birth to a... |
| 2 | Middle English | baby | A child or baby |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |