Where does “occupation” come from?
occupation (French) comes from Middle French occupation, from Latin occupatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
occupation (French): occupation act of occupying, of being an occupant
Definitions
- occupation act of occupying, of being an occupant
Ancestry of “occupation”, step by step
occupation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French occupation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | occupation | — |
| 2 | Latin | occupatio | seizing, occupying; occupation, employment;... |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin [[occupātiō]]'','' [[occupātiōnem]]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | [[occupātiō]]'','' [[occupātiōnem]] | — |