Where does “directional” come from?
Directional comes from English direction, ultimately deriving from Latin dirigo and rego, both meaning "to direct or rule," traced to Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- meaning "to guide or govern."
directional (English): Indicating direction; Of or relating to guidance...
Definitions
- Indicating direction; Of or relating to guidance...
Ancestry of “directional”, step by step
directional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French directionnel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | directionnel | directional |
| 2 | French | direction | direction; government; the director of the... |
| 3 | Latin | dīrectio | direction (act of directing) |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “directional”
- bidirectional
- unidirectional
- directionality
- multidirectional
- omnidirectional
- directionally
- nondirectional
- unidirectionally
- bidirectionally
- bidirectionality
- unidirectionality
- monodirectional
- codirectional
- undirectional
- omnidirectionally
- contradirectional
- omnidirectionality
- equidirectional
- tridirectional
- nondirectionally
- nonunidirectional
- codirectionally
- auto-directional
- quadridirectional