Where does “infographique” come from?
infographique (French) comes from French infographie, from French informatique, from French information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
infographique (French): computer graphics
Definitions
- computer graphics
Ancestry of “infographique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | infographie | computer graphics |
| 2 | French | informatique | computer science; ICT |
| 3 | French | information | piece of information; datum; news; information |
| 4 | Latin | īnfōrmātiō | sketch, idea, conception |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |