Where does “etchplanation” come from?

etchplanation (English) comes from English planation, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

etchplanation (English): The process of subsurface weathering or etching...

Definitions

  1. The process of subsurface weathering or etching...

Ancestry of “etchplanation”, step by step

etchplanation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English planation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplanationThe formation of a flat surface by erosion and...
2English-ationAn action or process; The result of an action or...
3Middle English-aciounForms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,...
4Old French-ationation
5Latin-ātiō
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English etch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishetchTo cut into a surface with an acid or other...
2Dutchetsento etch
3Germanätzento etch; to cauterize; to provoke
4Middle High Germanetzen
5Old High Germanetzen
6Proto-Germanicatjanąto incite; to cause/allow to eat; to pasture;...
7Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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