Where does “transinstitutionalize” come from?
transinstitutionalize (English) comes from English institutionalize, from English institutional, from English institution, from Old French institution, from Latin institutio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
transinstitutionalize (English): To transfer (a mentally ill person) from one institution to another, for example from hospital to jail
Definitions
- To transfer (a mentally ill person) from one institution to another, for example from hospital to jail
Ancestry of “transinstitutionalize”, step by step
transinstitutionalize traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English institutionalize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | institutionalize | to establish as a normal practice; to commit a... |
| 2 | English | institutional | Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or... |
| 3 | English | institution | A custom or practice of a society or community;... |
| 4 | Old French | institution | — |
| 5 | Latin | institutio | disposition, arrangement; custom, manner;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English trans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trans | In a double bond in which the greater radical on... |
| 2 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 3 | English | gender | kind |
| 4 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 5 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |