Where does “organization” come from?
Organization comes from Middle French organisation, meaning the action of organizing or arranging into a structured whole.
organization (English): The quality of being organized; The way in which...
Definitions
- The quality of being organized; The way in which...
Ancestry of “organization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | organisation | — |
| 2 | Latin | organizatio | organization the arrangement of items |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “organization”
- organizational
- reorganization
- organizationally
- multiorganizational
- reorg
- preorganization
- multiorganization
- organigram
- reorganizational
- nonorganizational
- suborganization
- inorganization
- supraorganizational
- supraorganization
- merorganization
- self-organization
- cyberorganization
- org
- oganaisesen
- antiorganization
- counterorganization
- hyperorganization
- interorganization
- intraorganization