Where does “expiational” come from?
expiational (English) comes from English expiation, from Middle French expiation, from Latin expiatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “expiational”, step by step
expiational traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expiation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expiation | An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing; The... |
| 2 | Middle French | expiation | — |
| 3 | Latin | expiatio | satisfaction, atonement, expiation, purification |
| 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 |