Where does “divisibilism” come from?
divisibilism (English) comes from English divisible, from Late Latin divisibilis, from Latin dīvidō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
divisibilism (English): The belief that matter can be infinitely divided into infinitesimally smaller particles
Definitions
- The belief that matter can be infinitely divided into infinitesimally smaller particles
Ancestry of “divisibilism”, step by step
divisibilism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English divisible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | divisible | Capable of being divided or split; Of an integer,... |
| 2 | Late Latin | divisibilis | divisible |
| 3 | Latin | dīvidō | to divide, separate |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |