Where does “duration” come from?
Duration comes from Middle English duracioun, from Old French duracion, from Latin duratio, a noun formed with the suffix -tio from Latin durus meaning hard or lasting, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European duh₂-ró-s.
duration (English): An amount of time or a particular time interval;...
Definitions
- An amount of time or a particular time interval;...
Ancestry of “duration”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | duracioun | duration |
| 2 | Old French | duracion | — |
| 3 | Latin | dūrātiō | duration |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |