Where does “faunalturbation” come from?
faunalturbation (English) comes from English turbation, from Latin turbatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
faunalturbation (English): soil bioturbation caused by burrowing animals
Definitions
- soil bioturbation caused by burrowing animals
Ancestry of “faunalturbation”, step by step
faunalturbation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English turbation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | turbation | The mixing of soil or sediment, especially... |
| 2 | Latin | turbatio | disturbance; confusion |
| 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 |
via English faunal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | faunal | Pertaining to animals; Pertaining to a specific... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |