Where does “nonsuggestible” come from?
nonsuggestible (English) comes from English suggestible, from French suggestion, from Old French suggestion, from Latin suggestiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nonsuggestible (English): Not suggestible
Definitions
- Not suggestible
Ancestry of “nonsuggestible”, step by step
nonsuggestible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suggestible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suggestible | Susceptible to influence by suggestion |
| 2 | French | suggestion | suggestion; proposal; suggestion |
| 3 | Old French | suggestion | suggestion; proposal |
| 4 | Latin | suggestiō | addition |
| 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 |