Where does “sheetfed” come from?
sheetfed (English) comes from English Fed, from English federation, from French Fédération, from Latin foederatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
sheetfed (English): Into which individual sheets of paper or...
Definitions
- Into which individual sheets of paper or...
Ancestry of “sheetfed”, step by step
sheetfed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Fed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fed | The Federal Reserve Board or System |
| 2 | English | federation | Act of joining together into a single political... |
| 3 | French | Fédération | federation |
| 4 | Latin | foederatio | federation, treaty |
| 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 |
via English sheet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sheet | A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a... |
| 2 | English | shit | Solid excretory product evacuated from the... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | schite | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | skīta | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | skiti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skītaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |