Where does “infostation” come from?
infostation (English) comes from English station, from Middle English estacioun, from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
infostation (English): A node in a mobile phone network, in an isolated...
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- A node in a mobile phone network, in an isolated...
Ancestry of “infostation”, step by step
infostation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English station
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | station | A stopping place; A place where workers are... |
| 2 | Middle English | estacioun | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | estation | garrison; pause; break; visit to a church for... |
| 4 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English info
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | info | information |
| 2 | English | information | That which resolves uncertainty; anything that... |
| 3 | Middle English | enformacioun | Teaching, education; the dissemination of knowledge |
| 4 | Latin | īnfōrmātiō | sketch, idea, conception |
| 5 | Latin | īnfōrmō | to form, mould, fashion, give shape to |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |