Where does “wife-beating question” come from?
wife-beating question (English) comes from English question, from French questionner, from French question, from Old French question, from Latin quaestiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
wife-beating question (English): A question that presupposes some controversial...
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- A question that presupposes some controversial...
Ancestry of “wife-beating question”, step by step
wife-beating question traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English question
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | question | A sentence, phrase or word which asks for... |
| 2 | French | questionner | to question, interrogate; to call into question |
| 3 | French | question | a question; a matter or issue; a problem |
| 4 | Old French | question | question (verbal statement intended to elicit a response) |
| 5 | Latin | quaestiō | problem |
| 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 wife-beating
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wife-beating | Prone to physically assaulting one's wife;... |