Where does “instructionless” come from?
instructionless (English) comes from English instruction, from Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
instructionless (English): Without instruction
Definitions
- Without instruction
Ancestry of “instructionless”, step by step
instructionless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English instruction
| 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 |