Where does “descriptionalism” come from?
descriptionalism (English) comes from English descriptional, from English description, from Old French description, from Latin dēscrīptiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
descriptionalism (English): The theory that mental imagery is not visual, but based on language-like descriptions
Definitions
- The theory that mental imagery is not visual, but based on language-like descriptions
Ancestry of “descriptionalism”, step by step
descriptionalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English descriptional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | descriptional | Of, pertaining to, or using description |
| 2 | English | description | A sketch or account of anything in words; a... |
| 3 | Old French | description | description |
| 4 | Latin | dēscrīptiō | description |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |