Where does “petkeeping” come from?
petkeeping (English) comes from English PET, from English petition, from Old French peticiun, from Latin petitio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
petkeeping (English): The keeping of domestic animals, or pets
Definitions
- The keeping of domestic animals, or pets
Ancestry of “petkeeping”, step by step
petkeeping traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English PET
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PET | Initialism of polyethylene terephthalate; Acronym... |
| 2 | English | petition | A formal, written request made to an official... |
| 3 | Old French | peticiun | request; demand |
| 4 | Latin | petitio | an attack, thrust, blow; a request, petition,... |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English keeping
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | keeping | conformity or harmony; charge or care;... |
| 2 | English | keep | To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain |
| 3 | Middle English | kepen | to keep, guard, look after, watch |
| 4 | Old English | cēpan | to seize, hold, observe |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kōpijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kōpijaną | to look after, observe; to watch, keep, care for |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵab- | — |