Where does “surrealness” come from?
surrealness (English) comes from English surreal, from English surrealism, from French surréalisme, from French réalisme, from French réel, from Middle French real, from Old French reel, from Latin reālis — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
surrealness (English): The quality of being surreal
Definitions
- The quality of being surreal
Ancestry of “surrealness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surreal | Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous;... |
| 2 | English | surrealism | An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy... |
| 3 | French | surréalisme | surrealism |
| 4 | French | réalisme | realism |
| 5 | French | réel | real |
| 6 | Middle French | real | royal; Alternative form of royal |
| 7 | Old French | reel | — |
| 8 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 9 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 10 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 11 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 12 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 13 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 14 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 15 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 16 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 17 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 18 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 19 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 20 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |