Where does “dissension” come from?
Dissension comes from Old French dissension, from Latin dissensio, meaning disagreement or discord.
dissension (English): An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken;...
Definitions
- An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken;...
Ancestry of “dissension”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | dissension | — |
| 2 | Latin | dissensio | disagreement, quarrel; dissension, conflict |
| 3 | Latin | dissentio | I dissent, disagree or differ |
| 4 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |