Where does “missions” come from?
missions (French) comes from French mission, from Old French mission, from Latin missiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
missions (French): plural of mission; first-person plural imperfect...
Definitions
- plural of mission; first-person plural imperfect...
Ancestry of “missions”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | mission | mission |
| 2 | Old French | mission | expense; cost; outlay |
| 3 | Latin | missiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 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 |