Where does “situational” come from?
Situational derives from English situation, which comes from Latin situatio and situare, ultimately from Latin sinere meaning to allow or place.
situational (English): Of or pertaining to a particular situation
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a particular situation
Ancestry of “situational”, step by step
situational traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French situationnel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | situationnel | situational |
| 2 | French | situation | situation all meanings |
| 3 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 4 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 5 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English situation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | situation | The combination of circumstances at a given... |
| 2 | Middle English | situacioun | Repositioning a broken bone |
| 3 | Middle French | situation | — |
| 4 | Latin | situatio | — |
| 5 | Latin | situō | to place, situate, locate |
| 6 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |