Where does “divisionless” come from?
divisionless (English) comes from English division, from Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin divisio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
divisionless (English): Without divisions; undivided
Definitions
- Without divisions; undivided
Ancestry of “divisionless”, step by step
divisionless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English division
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | division | The act or process of dividing anything; Each of... |
| 2 | Middle English | divisioun | Division, forking, separation; the action of... |
| 3 | Old French | division | — |
| 4 | Latin | divisio | division; distribution |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |