Where does “opinionaire” come from?
opinionaire (English) comes from English questionnaire, from French questionnaire, from Latin quaestionarius, from Latin quaestiōnō, from Latin quaestiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
opinionaire (English): opinion poll
Definitions
- opinion poll
Ancestry of “opinionaire”, step by step
opinionaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English questionnaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | questionnaire | A form containing a list of questions; a means of... |
| 2 | French | questionnaire | questionnaire |
| 3 | Latin | quaestionarius | a torturer or executioner |
| 4 | Latin | quaestiōnō | — |
| 5 | Latin | quaestiō | problem |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English opinion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | opinion | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person... |
| 2 | Middle English | opinion | — |
| 3 | Middle French | opinion | opinion thought, estimation |
| 4 | Latin | opīniō | opinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |