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
- Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or...
Ancestry of “institutional”, step by step
institutional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English institution
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | institution | A custom or practice of a society or community;... |
| 2 | Old French | institution | — |
| 3 | Latin | institutio | disposition, arrangement; custom, manner;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French institutionnel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | institutionnel | institutional |
| 2 | French | -el | To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al |
| 3 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 4 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “institutional”
- institutionalization
- institutionally
- institutionalism
- institutionalize
- institutionalist
- deinstitutionalization
- noninstitutional
- interinstitutional
- institutionality
- deinstitutionalize
- extrainstitutional
- intrainstitutional
- reinstitutionalization
- reinstitutionalize
- postinstitutional
- institutionalizable
- antiinstitutionalist
- institusional
- institutionalese
- macroinstitutional
- monoinstitutional
- multi-institutional
- anti-institutionalism
- anti-institutionalist