Where does “fonctionnel” come from?
fonctionnel (French) comes from French fonction, from Middle French function, from Latin functiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
fonctionnel (French): functional; Of or relating to bodily functions
Definitions
- functional; Of or relating to bodily functions
Ancestry of “fonctionnel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fonction | function; role |
| 2 | Middle French | function | function what something's intended use is |
| 3 | Latin | functiō | performance, execution (of a task) |
| 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 |
Words derived from “fonctionnel”
- functional
- functionality
- functionally
- functionalist
- functionalism
- multifunctional
- nonfunctional
- functionalization
- bifunctional
- multifunctionality
- monofunctional
- functionalize
- neofunctionalism
- trifunctional
- functionalisation
- functionalistic
- neofunctionalist
- afunctional
- parafunctional
- difunctional
- hyperfunctional
- neurofunctional
- biofunctional
- subfunctionalization