Where does “teleportitis” come from?
teleportitis (English) comes from English teleport, from English teleportation, from English transportation, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
teleportitis (English): In some roguelike games, an intrinsic ability...
Definitions
- In some roguelike games, an intrinsic ability...
Ancestry of “teleportitis”, step by step
teleportitis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English teleport
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | teleport | To travel, often instantaneously, from one point... |
| 2 | English | teleportation | Any of many processes of moving matter from one... |
| 3 | English | transportation | The act of transporting, or the state of being... |
| 4 | English | -ation | An action or process; The result of an action or... |
| 5 | Middle English | -acioun | Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,... |
| 6 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 7 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |