Where does “science-fictioner” come from?
science-fictioner (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.
science-fictioner (English): science fiction movie or television program
Definitions
- science fiction movie or television program
Ancestry of “science-fictioner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | science fiction | Fiction in which advanced technology or science... |
| 2 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 3 | Middle English | ficcioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 5 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 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 |