Where does “tradition” come from?
Tradition comes from Old French tradicion, from Latin traditio meaning "handing down," derived from tradere "to hand over," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- meaning "to cross over or pass through."
tradition (English): A part of culture that is passed from person to...
Definitions
- A part of culture that is passed from person to...
Ancestry of “tradition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tradicioun | A tradition, custom, or piece of wisdom;... |
| 2 | Old French | tradicion | delivery |
| 3 | Latin | trāditiō | a surrender, delivering up |
| 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 |
Words derived from “tradition”
- traditional
- traditionally
- nontraditional
- traditionalist
- traditionalism
- traditionary
- trad
- untraditional
- neotraditional
- traditionalistic
- traditionality
- detraditionalization
- traditionist
- antitraditional
- countertradition
- neotraditionalist
- traditionbound
- traditionless
- nontraditionally
- antitraditionalism
- antitraditionalist
- untraditionally
- subtradition
- traditionalize