Where does “improvisationalist” come from?
improvisationalist (English) comes from English improvisational, from English improvisation, from French improvisation, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
improvisationalist (English): One who uses improvisational methods
Definitions
- One who uses improvisational methods
Ancestry of “improvisationalist”, step by step
improvisationalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English improvisational
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | improvisational | Having the nature of an improvisation |
| 2 | English | improvisation | The act or art of composing and making music,... |
| 3 | French | improvisation | improvisation all meanings |
| 4 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 5 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 7 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |