Where does “invocation” come from?
Invocation comes from Old French invocacion, from Latin invocatio, combining the Latin prefix in- with -tio (a nominalizing suffix) and ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European ne.
invocation (English): The act or form of calling for the assistance or...
Definitions
- The act or form of calling for the assistance or...
Ancestry of “invocation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | invocacion | — |
| 2 | Latin | invocātiō | a calling upon someone or something, an invocation |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |