Where does “undocking” come from?
undocking (English) comes from English undock, from English dock, from Dutch dok, from Middle Dutch docke, from Italian doccia, from Italian doccione, from Latin ductiō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
undocking (English): The process by which something is undocked; removal from a dock
Definitions
- The process by which something is undocked; removal from a dock
Ancestry of “undocking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | undock | To remove from a dock; To remove from a docking... |
| 2 | English | dock | Any of the genus "Rumex" of coarse weedy plants... |
| 3 | Dutch | dok | dock |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | docke | a doll; channel |
| 5 | Italian | doccia | shower; drainpipe; plaster cast |
| 6 | Italian | doccione | spout (for water); gargoyle |
| 7 | Latin | ductiō | leading (away) |
| 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 |