Where does “proliferation” come from?

Proliferation comes from French prolifération, derived from French -tion, from Latin -tione, from Latin -tio, from Proto-Indo-European -ti-, from Proto-Indo-European -tis.

proliferation (English): The process by which an organism produces others...

Definitions

  1. The process by which an organism produces others...

Ancestry of “proliferation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchproliférationproliferation, spreading
2French-ationUsed to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
3Middle French-ationation
4Old French-ationation
5Latin-ātiō
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “proliferation

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-