Where does “representation” come from?
Representation comes from Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentatio, a noun formed from the verb praeesse meaning "to be present or at hand," prefixed with re-.
representation (English): That which represents something else; The act of...
Definitions
- That which represents something else; The act of...
Ancestry of “representation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | re- | again, anew; a completive or intensification of... |
| 2 | Middle English | re- | — |
| 3 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “representation”
- representational
- misrepresentation
- overrepresentation
- underrepresentation
- representationalism
- nonrepresentational
- representationalist
- representationally
- metarepresentational
- metarepresentation
- nonrepresentation
- antirepresentational
- representationism
- antirepresentationalist
- subrepresentation
- nonrepresentationally
- misrepresentational
- representationless
- corepresentation
- representationary
- microrepresentation
- pseudorepresentation
- multirepresentation
- representationist