Where does “preseason” come from?
Preseason comes from English pre- plus season, which derives from French assaisonner (to season), formed from French a- (from Latin ad-, meaning toward) and Latin sem- (seed), ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European ád and sem-.
preseason (English): The period before the start of a sporting season,...
Definitions
- The period before the start of a sporting season,...
Ancestry of “preseason”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | season | Each of the four divisions of a year: spring,... |
| 2 | French | assaisonner | to season |
| 3 | French | saison | season |
| 4 | Old French | saison | season |
| 5 | Latin | satiō | to satisfy |
| 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 |