Where does “evolutionary” come from?
Evolutionary comes from Latin -arius, which derives from Latin -alis, ultimately tracing back through multiple instances of Latin ex.
evolutionary (English): Of or relating to the biological theory of...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the biological theory of...
Ancestry of “evolutionary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | evolution | "A change of position."; "An unfolding.";... |
| 2 | Latin | ēvolūtiō | The act of unrolling or opening a book; reading |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “evolutionary”
- evolutionarily
- coevolutionary
- macroevolutionary
- microevolutionary
- nonevolutionary
- antievolutionary
- neuroevolutionary
- socioevolutionary
- unevolutionary
- non-evolutionary
- evilutionary
- orthoevolutionary
- evolutionair
- bioevolutionary
- ecoevolutionary
- mesoevolutionary
- paleoevolutionary
- phyloevolutionary
- coevolutionarily
- microevolutionarily
- evolusioner