Where does “improvision” come from?

improvision (English) comes from English provision, from Middle English provisioun, from Old French provisïon, from Latin prōvīsiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

improvision (English): the lack of provision, a failure to provide...

Definitions

  1. the lack of provision, a failure to provide...

Ancestry of “improvision”, step by step

improvision traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English provision

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprovisionAn item of goods or supplies, especially food,...
2Middle EnglishprovisiounPreparations, a readying; something which is set...
3Old Frenchprovisïon
4Latinprōvīsiōforeknowledge
5Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
6Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English improvise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimproviseTo make something up or invent it as one goes on;...
2Frenchimproviserto improvise
3Italianimprovvisareto improvise, to extemporize, to make up, to play...
4Italianimprovvisounexpected, sudden, unforeseen, untimely;...
5Latinimprovisusunforeseen, unexpected; sudden
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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