Where does “disjection” come from?
disjection (English) comes from Latin disjicere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
disjection (English): destruction; dispersion
Ancestry of “disjection”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | disjicere | present active infinitive of disjiciō;... |
| 2 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 3 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 4 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |