Where does “referential” come from?
Referential comes from Latin referentiālis, derived from referens, the present participle of referre, meaning to carry back or report, from re- and bʰer-, meaning to carry.
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Ancestry of “referential”, step by step
referential traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reference
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reference | A relationship or relation; A measurement one can... |
| 2 | Middle French | référence | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | referentia | nominative neuter plural of referēns; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | referēns | returning, restoring, repaying |
| 5 | Latin | referō | to bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French référentiel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | référentiel | reference frame, frame of reference |
| 2 | French | -iel | Suffix used to form adjectives. Compare with... |
| 3 | French | -el | To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “referential”
- referentiality
- referentially
- coreferential
- nonreferential
- coreferentiality
- multireferential
- autoreferential
- nonreferentially
- nonreferentiality
- interreferential
- irreferential
- metareferential
- self-referential
- referential integrity
- referentialism
- referentialist
- autoreferentially
- metareferentially
- coreferentially
- self-referentially