Where does “distribution” come from?
Distribution comes from Latin distributio, derived from the prefix dis- and tribus (tribe), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tréyes meaning three.
distribution (English): An act of distributing or state of being...
Definitions
- An act of distributing or state of being...
Ancestry of “distribution”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | distribution | — |
| 2 | Latin | distributio | division, distribution |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “distribution”
- redistribution
- distributional
- maldistribution
- biodistribution
- redistributional
- predistribution
- distributionally
- distro
- redistributionist
- misdistribution
- superdistribution
- subdistribution
- equidistribution
- distributionist
- nondistributional
- redistributionism
- distributionism
- photodistribution
- paleodistribution
- overdistribution
- distie
- stationary distribution
- distributionless
- antidistribution