Where does “dispositional” come from?
Dispositional comes from English disposition, from Old French disposition, from Latin dispositio, meaning arrangement or ordering, derived from dispono meaning to arrange.
dispositional (English): Of, pertaining to, or arising from disposition
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or arising from disposition
Ancestry of “dispositional”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disposition | The arrangement or placement of certain things;... |
| 2 | Middle English | disposicioun | The nature or state of something; Preparing or... |
| 3 | Middle French | disposition | — |
| 4 | Old French | disposition | arrangement; layout |
| 5 | Latin | dispositiō | a regular disposition, arrangement; management, direction |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |