Where does “prosumer” come from?
prosumer (English) comes from English professional, from English profession, from Anglo-Norman professioun, from Old French profession, from Latin professiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
prosumer (English): A person in postindustrial society who combines...
Definitions
- A person in postindustrial society who combines...
Ancestry of “prosumer”, step by step
prosumer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English professional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | professional | A person who belongs to a profession; A person... |
| 2 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 5 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 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 consumer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | consumer | One who, or that which, consumes; Someone who... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |