Where does “postulant” come from?
postulant (English) comes from French postulant, from French postuler, from French postulat, from Latin postulatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
postulant (English): A person seeking admission to a religious order;...
Definitions
- A person seeking admission to a religious order;...
Ancestry of “postulant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | postulant | present participle of postuler |
| 2 | French | postuler | to claim, to request, to ask for; to apply; to... |
| 3 | French | postulat | postulate |
| 4 | Latin | postulatio | petition, request; complaint |
| 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 |