Where does “dispositionalist” come from?
dispositionalist (English) comes from English dispositional, from English disposition, from Middle English disposicioun, from Middle French disposition, from Old French disposition, from Latin dispositiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
dispositionalist (English): A subscriber to dispositionalism
Definitions
- A subscriber to dispositionalism
Ancestry of “dispositionalist”, step by step
dispositionalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dispositional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dispositional | Of, pertaining to, or arising from disposition |
| 2 | English | disposition | The arrangement or placement of certain things;... |
| 3 | Middle English | disposicioun | The nature or state of something; Preparing or... |
| 4 | Middle French | disposition | — |
| 5 | Old French | disposition | arrangement; layout |
| 6 | Latin | dispositiō | a regular disposition, arrangement; management, direction |
| 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 |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |