Where does “overexploitation” come from?
Overexploitation derives from English exploitation, from French exploitation, from the suffix French -ation attached to Latin explico, ultimately from Latin ex- meaning "out."
overexploitation (English): excessive and damaging exploitation
Definitions
- excessive and damaging exploitation
Ancestry of “overexploitation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exploitation | The act of utilizing something; industry; The... |
| 2 | French | exploitation | exploitation |
| 3 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 4 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 5 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |