Where does “preoccupational” come from?
preoccupational (English) comes from English occupational, from English occupation, from Middle English occupacioun, from Middle French occupation, from Latin occupatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “preoccupational”, step by step
preoccupational traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English occupational
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | occupational | Of, belonging, or relating to an occupation |
| 2 | English | occupation | An activity or task with which one occupies... |
| 3 | Middle English | occupacioun | — |
| 4 | Middle French | occupation | — |
| 5 | Latin | occupatio | seizing, occupying; occupation, employment;... |
| 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 pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |