Where does “declinational” come from?
declinational (English) comes from English declination, from Middle English declinacioun, from Middle French declination, from Latin dēclīnātiō, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
declinational (English): Relating to declination
Definitions
- Relating to declination
Ancestry of “declinational”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | declination | At a given point, the angle between magnetic... |
| 2 | Middle English | declinacioun | Declination; angle of an object from the celestial equator or occasionally ecliptic |
| 3 | Middle French | declination | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēclīnātiō | declination |
| 5 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |