Where does “geo-imputation” come from?
geo-imputation (English) comes from English imputation, from Middle French imputation, from Latin imputatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
geo-imputation (English): The process of replacing missing values for exact geographical locations with approximate locations derived from associated data
Definitions
- The process of replacing missing values for exact geographical locations with approximate locations derived from associated data
Ancestry of “geo-imputation”, step by step
geo-imputation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English imputation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | imputation | The act of imputing or charging; attribution;... |
| 2 | Middle French | imputation | — |
| 3 | Latin | imputatio | entry in account; charge; accusation |
| 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 |
via English geo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geo | An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff |
| 2 | English | geo- | Earth; geography |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 4 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |