Where does “mansionlike” come from?
mansionlike (English) comes from English mansion, from Middle English mansioun, from Anglo-Norman mansion, from Latin mansiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
mansionlike (English): Resembling a mansion or some aspect of one
Definitions
- Resembling a mansion or some aspect of one
Ancestry of “mansionlike”, step by step
mansionlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mansion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mansion | A large house or building, usually built for the... |
| 2 | Middle English | mansioun | A place where one makes their home or dwells; a... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | mansion | — |
| 4 | Latin | mansiō | An act or instance of staying, remaining; stay, continuance |
| 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 like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |