Where does “expeditionary” come from?
Expeditionary comes from English expedition plus the suffix -ary, from Latin -ārius, derived from Latin -ālis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pṓds meaning foot.
expeditionary (English): Of or pertaining to an expedition; Intended for...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to an expedition; Intended for...
Ancestry of “expeditionary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expedition | The act of expediting something; prompt... |
| 2 | Middle French | expédition | — |
| 3 | Latin | expeditio | expedition, campaign, mission; march; mission: an... |
| 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 |