Where does “digressionary” come from?
digressionary (English) comes from English digression, from Old French digressiun, from Latin dīgressiōnem, from Latin digressus, from Latin dīgredior, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
digressionary (English): Serving as a digression
Definitions
- Serving as a digression
Ancestry of “digressionary”, step by step
digressionary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English digression
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | digression | An aside, an act of straying from the main... |
| 2 | Old French | digressiun | — |
| 3 | Latin | dīgressiōnem | — |
| 4 | Latin | digressus | separated |
| 5 | Latin | dīgredior | to go apart or asunder, separate, part; go away, depart |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |