Where does “mansplanation” come from?
mansplanation (English) comes from English explanation, from Latin explanatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
mansplanation (English): A condescending explanation given by a male...
Definitions
- A condescending explanation given by a male...
Ancestry of “mansplanation”, step by step
mansplanation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English explanation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | explanation | The act or process of explaining; Something that... |
| 2 | Latin | explanatio | explanation, interpretation; exposition;... |
| 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 |
via English mansplain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mansplain | To explain (something) condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it merely because she is female |
| 2 | English | MAN | Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network |
| 3 | English | manual | A handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage... |
| 4 | Middle English | manuel | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | manuel | manual; done with the hands; handle; manual;... |
| 6 | Old French | manual | — |
| 7 | Latin | manuālis | hand |
| 8 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |