Where does “nonaspirational” come from?
nonaspirational (English) comes from English aspirational, from English aspiration, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nonaspirational (English): Not aspirational
Definitions
- Not aspirational
Ancestry of “nonaspirational”, step by step
nonaspirational traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aspirational
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aspirational | Being ambitious; Desiring success; Expressing a... |
| 2 | English | aspiration | The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an... |
| 3 | English | -ation | An action or process; The result of an action or... |
| 4 | Middle English | -acioun | Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,... |
| 5 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |