Where does “improvership” come from?

improvership (English) comes from English improver, from English improv, from English improvisation, from French improvisation, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

improvership (English): A course of further education in a trade, like an apprenticeship but for a person previously trained

Definitions

  1. A course of further education in a trade, like an apprenticeship but for a person previously trained

Ancestry of “improvership”, step by step

improvership traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English improver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimproverSomething that, or someone who, improves...
2EnglishimprovImprovisation
3EnglishimprovisationThe act or art of composing and making music,...
4Frenchimprovisationimprovisation all meanings
5French-ationUsed to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
6Middle French-ationation
7Old French-ationation
8Latin-ātiō
9Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
10Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
11Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
12Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14Latincalceusshoe
15Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
16Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English ship

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshipA water-borne vessel generally larger than a...
2EnglishrelationshipConnection or association; the condition of being...
3EnglishrelationThe manner in which two things may be associated;...
4Middle Englishrelacion
5Old Frenchrelacion
6Latinrelātiōcarrying or bringing back
7Latinreferōto bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away
8Latinrĕ-back, backwards
9Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
10Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
11Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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