Where does “celebration” come from?
Celebration derives from Old French celebration, from Latin celebratio, a noun formation in Latin -tio from celeber meaning frequent or well-attended, with the suffix continuing Proto-Indo-European -tis through Old Latin -os and Proto-Italic -os back to Proto-Indo-European -ós.
celebration (English): The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as...
Definitions
- The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as...
Ancestry of “celebration”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | celebration | — |
| 2 | Latin | celebratio | a concourse, large assemblage; a festival,... |
| 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 |