Where does “self-repair” come from?
self-repair (English) comes from English repair, from Middle English repairen, from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare, from Latin patria, from Latin patrius, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — shoe.
self-repair (English): The act of repairing itself
Definitions
- The act of repairing itself
Ancestry of “self-repair”, step by step
self-repair traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English repair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | repair | To restore to good working order, fix, or improve... |
| 2 | Middle English | repairen | to return |
| 3 | Old French | repairier | to go home |
| 4 | Late Latin | repatriare | to return to one's country; return to one's... |
| 5 | Latin | patria | country; fatherland; home; nominative feminine... |
| 6 | Latin | patrius | father's, fatherly, paternal; hereditary;... |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
via English Self
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 2 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 3 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |