Where does “paraoccupational” come from?
paraoccupational (English) comes from English occupational, from English occupation, from Middle English occupacioun, from Middle French occupation, from Latin occupatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
paraoccupational (English): Indirectly associated with a particular occupation
Definitions
- Indirectly associated with a particular occupation
Ancestry of “paraoccupational”, step by step
paraoccupational traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English occupational
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | occupational | Of, belonging, or relating to an occupation |
| 2 | English | occupation | An activity or task with which one occupies... |
| 3 | Middle English | occupacioun | — |
| 4 | Middle French | occupation | — |
| 5 | Latin | occupatio | seizing, occupying; occupation, employment;... |
| 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 Pará
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 4 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 5 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 7 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 8 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 9 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |