Where does “interdisciplinarity” come from?
Interdisciplinarity derives from English interdisciplinary, from Latin disciplīna meaning teaching or instruction, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dek- meaning to take or receive.
interdisciplinarity (English): Any academic or scientific study that draws on...
Definitions
- Any academic or scientific study that draws on...
Ancestry of “interdisciplinarity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | interdisciplinary | Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic... |
| 2 | English | disciplinary | Having to do with discipline, or with the... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | disciplinarius | — |
| 4 | Latin | disciplina | teaching, instruction, education; training;... |
| 5 | Latin | discipulus | student, pupil, disciple, schoolboy; cadet |
| 6 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |