Where does “justaucorps” come from?
justaucorps (French) comes from French juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
justaucorps (French): jerkin; leotard
Definitions
- jerkin; leotard
Ancestry of “justaucorps”, step by step
justaucorps traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French juste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | juste | fair, just; reasonable, appropriate, grounded;... |
| 2 | Old French | juste | — |
| 3 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 4 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 5 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French corps
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | corps | body; field; corps |
| 2 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |
via French au
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | au | — |