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...

Definitions

  1. Having to do with discipline, or with the...

Ancestry of “disciplinary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latindisciplinarius
2Latindisciplinateaching, instruction, education; training;...
3Latindiscipulusstudent, pupil, disciple, schoolboy; cadet
4Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
5Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “disciplinary

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-
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