Where does “positionality” come from?
Positionality derives from English position, which combines English positional with English aldehyde, ultimately tracing through Latin positio and Latin pono to Proto-Italic posnō.
positionality (English): The quality of being positional
Definitions
- The quality of being positional
Ancestry of “positionality”, step by step
positionality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English positional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | positional | Relating to the position of something; Having or... |
| 2 | English | Position | A place or location |
| 3 | Middle English | posicioun | Position or location on the body; A announcement... |
| 4 | Old French | posicion | — |
| 5 | Latin | positiō | position, place |
| 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 |