Where does “proto-science fiction” come from?
proto-science fiction (English) comes from English science fiction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
proto-science fiction (English): Any of various early literature that contained...
Definitions
- Any of various early literature that contained...
Ancestry of “proto-science fiction”, step by step
proto-science fiction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English science fiction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | science fiction | Fiction in which advanced technology or science... |
| 2 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 3 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 4 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 5 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 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 proto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proto | Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of... |
| 2 | English | proto- | first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |