Where does “revisitation” come from?
revisitation (English) comes from English visitation, from Anglo-Norman visitacioun, from Old French visitacion, from Latin visitatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
revisitation (English): An act of revisiting
Definitions
- An act of revisiting
Ancestry of “revisitation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | visitation | The act of visiting, or an instance of being... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | visitacioun | — |
| 3 | Old French | visitacion | — |
| 4 | Latin | visitatio | sight, appearance; visit; visitation, punishment |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |