Where does “nonexpansionary” come from?
nonexpansionary (English) comes from English expansionary, from English expansion, from French expansion, from Latin expansio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nonexpansionary (English): Not expansionary
Definitions
- Not expansionary
Ancestry of “nonexpansionary”, step by step
nonexpansionary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expansionary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expansionary | That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist |
| 2 | English | expansion | The act or process of expanding; The fractional... |
| 3 | French | expansion | expansion |
| 4 | Latin | expansio | expansion |
| 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 |