Where does “stratification” come from?
Stratification comes from English stratum via Latin stratum and stratus, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- meaning to spread or strew.
stratification (English): the process leading to the formation or...
Definitions
- the process leading to the formation or...
Ancestry of “stratification”, step by step
stratification traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stratum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stratum | One of several parallel horizontal layers of... |
| 2 | Latin | strātum | a bed-covering, coverlet, quilt, blanket |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via Medieval Latin stratificatio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | stratificatio | — |
Words derived from “stratification”
- poststratification
- restratification
- destratification
- stratificational
- interstratification
- pseudostratification
- microstratification
- substratification
- biostratification
- macrostratification
- overstratification
- costratification
- monostratification
- multistratification
- phylostratification
- prestratification
- stratificatie
- stratifikasi