Where does “fictionary” come from?
fictionary (English) comes from English Dictionary, from Middle English dixionare, from Medieval Latin dictionarium, from Latin dictiō, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
fictionary (English): Fictional; A parlor game in which participants...
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- Fictional; A parlor game in which participants...
Ancestry of “fictionary”, step by step
fictionary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Dictionary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dictionary | Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words |
| 2 | Middle English | dixionare | dictionary |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | dictionarium | dictionary |
| 4 | Latin | dictiō | a saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory |
| 5 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English fiction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 2 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 3 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 4 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 5 | Latin | fingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |