Where does “instructional” come from?
Instructional comes from English instruction, derived from Latin instructio (a building up or arrangement), from the Proto-Indo-European suffix -ti-.
instructional (English): Intended for purposes of instruction, for...
Definitions
- Intended for purposes of instruction, for...
Ancestry of “instructional”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | instruction | The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing... |
| 2 | Middle English | instruccioun | — |
| 3 | Old French | instruccion | — |
| 4 | Latin | instructio | A constructing, erecting, building, insertion; An... |
| 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 |