Where does “expansionary” come from?
Expansionary derives from expansion plus the suffix -ary, itself from Latin -ārius, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European -li-.
expansionary (English): That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist
Definitions
- That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist
Ancestry of “expansionary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expansion | The act or process of expanding; The fractional... |
| 2 | French | expansion | expansion |
| 3 | Latin | expansio | expansion |
| 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 |