Where does “transdisciplinary” come from?
Transdisciplinary derives from English disciplinary, from Latin disciplinarius, disciplina (instruction, training), discipulus (learner, from dis- and dek-, meaning one who receives or accepts), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.
transdisciplinary (English): Holistically encompassing more than one academic...
Definitions
- Holistically encompassing more than one academic...
Ancestry of “transdisciplinary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disciplinary | Having to do with discipline, or with the... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | disciplinarius | — |
| 3 | Latin | disciplina | teaching, instruction, education; training;... |
| 4 | Latin | discipulus | student, pupil, disciple, schoolboy; cadet |
| 5 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |