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Where does “evaluation” come from?

Evaluation comes from Middle French évaluation, meaning the action of assessing or determining value.

evaluation (English): An assessment, such as an annual personnel...

Definitions

  1. An assessment, such as an annual personnel...

Ancestry of “evaluation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchévaluationassessment
2French-ation-ation
3Middle French-ation-ation
4Old French-ation-ation
5Latin-ātiō—
6Latin-tiō—
7Latindissertātiō—
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

Words derived from “evaluation”

  • reevaluation
  • overevaluation
  • misevaluation
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