Where does “xennial” come from?
xennial (English) comes from English Generation X, from English generation, from Middle English generacioun, from Old French generacion, from Latin generātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
xennial (English): A person born late in Generation X or early for...
Definitions
- A person born late in Generation X or early for...
Ancestry of “xennial”, step by step
xennial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Generation X
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Generation X | A generation of people whose future is uncertain; a lost generation |
| 2 | English | generation | The fact of creating something, or bringing... |
| 3 | Middle English | generacioun | generation |
| 4 | Old French | generacion | procreation; begetting |
| 5 | Latin | generātiō | a generation |
| 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 millennial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | millennial | Referring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event... |
| 2 | Late Latin | millennium | millennium |
| 3 | Latin | -ennium | forming periods of years |
| 4 | Latin | -ennis | — |
| 5 | Latin | annus | year; time; season |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | atnos | year |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et-no- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et- | grass |