Where does “postvacation” come from?
postvacation (English) comes from English vacation, from Middle English vacation, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacation, from Latin vacatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
postvacation (English): After a vacation
Definitions
- After a vacation
Ancestry of “postvacation”, step by step
postvacation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vacation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vacation | Freedom from some business or activity; Free time... |
| 2 | Middle English | vacation | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | vacacioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | vacation | — |
| 5 | Latin | vacatio | freedom, exemption, immunity; privilege |
| 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 |
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 5 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 6 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |