Where does “semipermissive” come from?
semipermissive (English) comes from English permissive, from French permissif, from French permission, from Latin permissio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
semipermissive (English): That allows the partial replication of viruses
Definitions
- That allows the partial replication of viruses
Ancestry of “semipermissive”, step by step
semipermissive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English permissive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | permissive | Giving permission, or predisposed to give it;... |
| 2 | French | permissif | permissive, lenient |
| 3 | French | permission | permission |
| 4 | Latin | permissio | yielding, ceding; surrender; leave, permission |
| 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 |