Where does “petition” come from?
Petition comes from Old French peticiun, from Latin petitio (a request or demand), derived from Latin peto (to seek or aim for), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- (to rush or fly).
petition (English): A formal, written request made to an official...
Definitions
- A formal, written request made to an official...
Ancestry of “petition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | peticiun | request; demand |
| 2 | Latin | petitio | an attack, thrust, blow; a request, petition,... |
| 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 |