Where does “disciplinary” come from?
Disciplinary comes from Latin disciplinarius, derived from Latin disciplina meaning instruction or training, ultimately from Latin discipulus meaning learner, which combines Latin dis- with a root from Proto-Indo-European dek- and Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ meaning two.
disciplinary (English): Having to do with discipline, or with the...
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- Having to do with discipline, or with the...
Ancestry of “disciplinary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | disciplinarius | — |
| 2 | Latin | disciplina | teaching, instruction, education; training;... |
| 3 | Latin | discipulus | student, pupil, disciple, schoolboy; cadet |
| 4 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “disciplinary”