Where does “wikiality” come from?
wikiality (English) comes from English reality, from French réalité, from Middle French realité, from Medieval Latin realitas, from Late Latin realis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
wikiality (English): The ability to rewrite reality by editing a...
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- The ability to rewrite reality by editing a...
Ancestry of “wikiality”, step by step
wikiality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reality | The state of being actual or real; A real entity,... |
| 2 | French | réalité | reality |
| 3 | Middle French | realité | property, possession |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | realitas | reality |
| 5 | Late Latin | realis | actual; real, actual |
| 6 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 7 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 8 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 9 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Wikipedia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wikipedia | A version of the encyclopedia Wikipedia in a... |
| 2 | English | encyclopedia | A comprehensive reference work with articles on... |
| 3 | New Latin | encyclopaedia | general education; encyclopedia |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παιδείᾱ | rearing of a child, education; child-rearing,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |