Where does “percussional” come from?
percussional (English) comes from English percussion, from Old French percussion, from Latin percussiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
percussional (English): Involving or relating to percussion; percussive
Definitions
- Involving or relating to percussion; percussive
Ancestry of “percussional”, step by step
percussional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English percussion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | percussion | The collision of two bodies in order to produce a... |
| 2 | Old French | percussion | — |
| 3 | Latin | percussiō | beating, striking; percussion (act of beating etc) |
| 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 |