Where does “operation” come from?
Operation comes from Middle French operation, from Old French operacion, from Latin operatio, derived from the verb operor meaning "to work," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep- meaning "to work" or "to accomplish."
operation (English): The method by which a device performs its...
Definitions
- The method by which a device performs its...
Ancestry of “operation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | operacioun | operation |
| 2 | Old French | operacion | action; act; operation |
| 3 | Latin | operātiō | operation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “operation”
- operational
- operationally
- operationalize
- operationalization
- reoperation
- teleoperation
- preoperational
- operationalise
- interoperation
- operationalism
- nonoperational
- postoperation
- operationism
- operationality
- operationalist
- operationalizable
- preoperation
- microoperation
- suboperation
- misoperation
- maloperation
- intraoperation
- operationist
- inoperation