Where does “lesson” come from?
Lesson comes from Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lectio meaning a reading or thing read, derived from Latin lego meaning to read, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- meaning to gather or collect.
lesson (English): A section of learning or teaching into which a...
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- A section of learning or teaching into which a...
Ancestry of “lesson”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | lessoun | A written text for recitation or memorisation; a... |
| 2 | Old French | leçon | reading; story; tale; piece of information |
| 3 | Latin | lēctiō | A picking, selecting |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |