Where does “instruction” come from?
Instruction comes from Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio, derived from the Latin suffix -tio attached to a verbal root, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -ti- and -tis.
instruction (English): The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing...
Definitions
- The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing...
Ancestry of “instruction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | instruccioun | — |
| 2 | Old French | instruccion | — |
| 3 | Latin | instructio | A constructing, erecting, building, insertion; An... |
| 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 |
Words derived from “instruction”
- instructional
- microinstruction
- noninstructional
- postinstruction
- preinstructional
- preinstruction
- reinstruction
- macroinstruction
- misinstruction
- subinstruction
- instructionless
- teleinstruction
- nanoinstruction
- malinstruction
- noninstruction
- overinstruction
- pseudoinstruction
- teleinstructional
- pre-instructional
- instructionally