Where does “fakcio” come from?
fakcio (Esperanto) comes from English faction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
fakcio (Esperanto): faction group
Definitions
- faction group
Ancestry of “fakcio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | faction | A group of people, especially within a political... |
| 2 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 3 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 4 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 5 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 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 |