Where does “disorientation” come from?
Disorientation comes from French orientation with the prefix dis-, from Latin dis- (meaning "apart") and orientātiō, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ meaning "two."
disorientation (English): the loss of one's sense of direction, or of one's...
Definitions
- the loss of one's sense of direction, or of one's...
Ancestry of “disorientation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | orientation | The determination of the relative position of... |
| 2 | French | orientation | orientation |
| 3 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 4 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 5 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |