Where does “defictionalization” come from?
defictionalization (English) comes from English fictionalization, from English fictionalize, from English fictional, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
defictionalization (English): The process of defictionalizing
Definitions
- The process of defictionalizing
Ancestry of “defictionalization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fictionalization | The act of fictionalizing or something... |
| 2 | English | fictionalize | To retell something real as if it were fiction,... |
| 3 | English | fictional | Invented, as opposed to real; Containing invented... |
| 4 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 5 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 6 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 7 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |