Where does “interdictionary” come from?
interdictionary (English) comes from English Dictionary, from Middle English dixionare, from Medieval Latin dictionarium, from Latin dictiō, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
interdictionary (English): Relating to connections in more than one dictionary, for example translation
Definitions
- Relating to connections in more than one dictionary, for example translation
Ancestry of “interdictionary”, step by step
interdictionary traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Dictionary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dictionary | Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words |
| 2 | Middle English | dixionare | dictionary |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | dictionarium | dictionary |
| 4 | Latin | dictiō | a saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory |
| 5 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English inter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inter | To bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison |
| 2 | Middle English | enteren | — |
| 3 | French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |
via English interdiction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | interdiction | the act of interdicting or something interdicted;... |
| 2 | French | interdiction | ban, interdiction |
| 3 | Latin | interdictio | prohibition, interdiction |
| 4 | Latin | interdīcō | to prohibit, forbid |
| 5 | Latin | inter- | inter-, between, in between, among, together |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γλῶσσα | a tongue; a language; the mouthpiece of a pipe |
| 7 | Old Norse | glotta | to grin, smile scornfully |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | glutōną | To stare; gawk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰel- | to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;... |