Where does “procrasturbation” come from?
procrasturbation (English) comes from English masturbation, from French masturbation, from Latin masturbatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
procrasturbation (English): The act of putting off something important or...
Definitions
- The act of putting off something important or...
Ancestry of “procrasturbation”, step by step
procrasturbation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English masturbation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | masturbation | Manual erotic stimulation of the genitals or... |
| 2 | French | masturbation | masturbation |
| 3 | Latin | masturbatio | masturbation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English procrastination
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | procrastination | The act of postponing, delaying or putting off,... |
| 2 | Middle French | procrastination | — |
| 3 | Latin | prōcrāstinātiō | a putting off until tomorrow; procrastination |
| 4 | Latin | prōcrāstinō | to put off until tomorrow; to defer, delay, procrastinate |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |