Where does “suction point” come from?
suction point (English) comes from English suction, from Vulgar Latin suctio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
suction point (English): A hole in the floor exposing a pit beneath the foundation of a building, used for soil suction in radon mitigation
Definitions
- A hole in the floor exposing a pit beneath the foundation of a building, used for soil suction in radon mitigation
Ancestry of “suction point”, step by step
suction point traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suction | A force which pushes matter from one space into... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | suctio | — |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English point
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | point | A discrete division of something; A sharp... |
| 2 | Middle English | point | — |
| 3 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 4 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 5 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |