Where does “knothole section” come from?
knothole section (English) comes from English section, from Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
knothole section (English): The section of cheap seats in a stadium favored by youth spectators
Definitions
- The section of cheap seats in a stadium favored by youth spectators
Ancestry of “knothole section”, step by step
knothole section traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English section
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | section | A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of... |
| 2 | Middle English | seccioun | — |
| 3 | Old French | section | — |
| 4 | Latin | sectio | cutting off or up; mowing; surgery |
| 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 |
via English knothole
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | knothole | In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in... |
| 2 | English | hole | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit;... |
| 3 | Middle English | hole | healthy; safe; whole, complete, full |
| 4 | Old English | hol | a hole, a hollow; calumny; slander |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hol | hollow; hole |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hulą | a hollow; depression; hole |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hulaz | hollow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kuH- | — |