Where does “docufiction” come from?
docufiction (French) comes from French fiction, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
docufiction (French): docudrama
Definitions
- docudrama
Ancestry of “docufiction”, step by step
docufiction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French fiction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fiction | fiction |
| 2 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French documentaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | documentaire | documentary |
| 2 | French | document | document; file |
| 3 | Italian | documento | document; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |