Where does “verticon” come from?
verticon (English) comes from English emoticon, from English emotion, from French émotion, from French -tion, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “verticon”, step by step
verticon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English emoticon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emoticon | A graphical representation of a particular... |
| 2 | English | emotion | movement; agitation; A person's internal state of... |
| 3 | French | émotion | emotion |
| 4 | French | -tion | Used to indicate action, condition, result or... |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English vertical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vertical | Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or... |
| 2 | Middle French | vertical | — |
| 3 | Latin | verticālis | highest in the hierarchy |
| 4 | Latin | vertex | whirlpool, eddy, vortex; crown; top, peak, summit |
| 5 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |