Where does “suggestion” come from?
Suggestion comes from Old French suggestioun and suggestio, from Latin suggestio, derived from Latin suggero meaning to bring up or present, combining sub (under) with gero (to carry), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European upo and h₂eǵ-.
suggestion (English): Something suggested; The act of suggesting;...
Definitions
- Something suggested; The act of suggesting;...
Ancestry of “suggestion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | suggestioun | — |
| 2 | Old French | suggestion | suggestion; proposal |
| 3 | Latin | suggestiō | addition |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |