Where does “suggestopedia” come from?
suggestopedia (English) comes from English suggestion, from Old French suggestioun, from Old French suggestion, from Latin suggestiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
suggestopedia (English): A teaching method, mainly for foreign languages,...
Definitions
- A teaching method, mainly for foreign languages,...
Ancestry of “suggestopedia”, step by step
suggestopedia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suggestion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suggestion | Something suggested; The act of suggesting;... |
| 2 | Old French | suggestioun | — |
| 3 | Old French | suggestion | suggestion; proposal |
| 4 | Latin | suggestiō | addition |
| 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 pedagogy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pedagogy | The profession of teaching; The activities of... |
| 2 | Middle French | pédagogie | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παιδαγωγία | the act of guiding, attending; teaching;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παιδαγωγός | originally, a slave who accompanied a child to... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀγωγός | leading, guiding; guide, escort; leading to |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄγω | to lead, fetch, bring along (a living creature), take with |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ágō | to lead, to guide |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |