Where does “disinfection” come from?
Disinfection comes from English dis- plus infection, tracing through Middle English and Latin dis- (meaning apart) combined with Latin inficere (to stain or corrupt, from in- and facere meaning to make), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to do and not.
disinfection (English): Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to...
Definitions
- Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to...
Ancestry of “disinfection”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infection | The act or process of infecting; An uncontrolled... |
| 2 | Old French | infection | infection |
| 3 | Latin | infectio | infection |
| 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 |