Where does “barre de fraction” come from?
barre de fraction (French) comes from French fraction, from Old French fraction, from Latin fractio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
barre de fraction (French): the fraction bar; the fraction slash ⟨⁄⟩
Definitions
- the fraction bar; the fraction slash ⟨⁄⟩
Ancestry of “barre de fraction”, step by step
barre de fraction traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French fraction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fraction | fraction; fraction, breakup |
| 2 | Old French | fraction | — |
| 3 | Latin | fractio | the action of breaking; fraction |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |