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Where does “institutional” come from?

Institutional derives from English institution, which comes from Latin institutio (a setting up or establishment), formed from Latin in (in) and sto (to stand), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- (to stand or place).

institutional (English): Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or...

Ancestry of “institutional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinstitutionA custom or practice of a society or community;...
2Old Frenchinstitution—
3Latininstitutiodisposition, arrangement; custom, manner;...
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “institutional”

  • institutionalization
  • institutionally
  • institutionalism
  • institutionalize
  • institutionalist
  • deinstitutionalization
  • noninstitutional
  • interinstitutional
  • institutionality
  • deinstitutionalize
  • extrainstitutional
  • intrainstitutional
  • reinstitutionalization
  • reinstitutionalize
  • postinstitutional
  • institutionalizable
  • antiinstitutionalist
  • anti-institutionalism
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