Where does “dyscalculie” come from?
dyscalculie (French) comes from French dys-, from Ancient Greek δῠσ-, from Latin calculāre, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
dyscalculie (French): dyscalculia
Definitions
- dyscalculia
Ancestry of “dyscalculie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dys- | bad status; malfunctioning |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δῠσ- | bad, unfortunate |
| 3 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |