Where does “maturationism” come from?
maturationism (English) comes from English maturation, from Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
maturationism (English): The theory that children acquire cognitive and behavioral abilities in a series of stages that reflect the biological development of the child's brain and body
Definitions
- The theory that children acquire cognitive and behavioral abilities in a series of stages that reflect the biological development of the child's brain and body
Ancestry of “maturationism”, step by step
maturationism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English maturation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maturation | The process of becoming mature; The process of... |
| 2 | Middle English | maturacioun | maturation [[discharge |
| 3 | Middle French | maturation | — |
| 4 | Latin | maturatio | hastening; ripening, maturation |
| 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 ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |