Where does “determination” come from?
Determination comes from Old French determinacion, from Latin determinatio, a noun formation from determinare meaning to set boundaries, from de- and terminus meaning boundary or limit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ter-.
determination (English): The act of determining, or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of determining, or the state of being...
Ancestry of “determination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | determinacion | outcome |
| 2 | Latin | determinatio | boundary; end, conclusion; determination |
| 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 |
Words derived from “determination”
- overdetermination
- underdetermination
- predetermination
- indetermination
- redetermination
- codetermination
- transdetermination
- radiodetermination
- undetermination
- multidetermination
- self-determination
- misdetermination
- enantiodetermination
- foredetermination
- microdetermination
- nondetermination
- serodetermination
- predeterminație