Where does “teleport” come from?
teleport (English) comes from English teleportation, from English transportation, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
teleport (English): To travel, often instantaneously, from one point...
Definitions
- To travel, often instantaneously, from one point...
Ancestry of “teleport”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | teleportation | Any of many processes of moving matter from one... |
| 2 | English | transportation | The act of transporting, or the state of being... |
| 3 | English | -ation | An action or process; The result of an action or... |
| 4 | Middle English | -acioun | Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,... |
| 5 | Old French | -ation | -ation |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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