Where does “emoticon” come from?
emoticon (English) comes from English emotion, from French émotion, from French -tion, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
emoticon (English): A graphical representation of a particular...
Definitions
- A graphical representation of a particular...
Ancestry of “emoticon”, step by step
emoticon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English emotion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emotion | movement; agitation; A person's internal state of... |
| 2 | French | émotion | emotion |
| 3 | French | -tion | Used to indicate action, condition, result or... |
| 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 |
via English icon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | icon | An image, symbol, picture, or other... |
| 2 | Latin | īcon | image, artistic representation of a thing |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | εἰκών | figure, image, likeness, portrait; image in a... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyk- | to separate, to choose; to contain, to envelop;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |