Where does “unseasonability” come from?
unseasonability (English) comes from English seasonability, from English seasonable, from English season, from French assaisonner, from French saison, from Old French saison, from Latin satiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
unseasonability (English): Untimeliness
Definitions
- Untimeliness
Ancestry of “unseasonability”, step by step
unseasonability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English seasonability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seasonability | The quality or state of being seasonable |
| 2 | English | seasonable | Opportune; occurring at an appropriate or... |
| 3 | English | season | Each of the four divisions of a year: spring,... |
| 4 | French | assaisonner | to season |
| 5 | French | saison | season |
| 6 | Old French | saison | season |
| 7 | Latin | satiō | to satisfy |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |