Where does “refusenik” come from?
refusenik (English) comes from English refuse, from English fuse, from English fusion, from Middle French fusion, from Old French fusion, from Latin fusio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
refusenik (English): One of the Jewish citizens of the former Soviet...
Definitions
- One of the Jewish citizens of the former Soviet...
Ancestry of “refusenik”, step by step
refusenik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English refuse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | refuse | Discarded, rejected; Collectively, items or... |
| 2 | English | fuse | A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some... |
| 3 | English | fusion | The act of merging separate elements, or the... |
| 4 | Middle French | fusion | fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it) |
| 5 | Old French | fusion | — |
| 6 | Latin | fusio | a pouring out; an outpouring, effusion; a... |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Russian отказник
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | отказник | otkaznik; refusenik |
| 2 | Russian | -ни́к | Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a professional, performer, adherent, place, object, tool or a feature |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьnikъ | From base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ikъ | *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →... |