Where does “protection” come from?
protection (French) comes from Italian protezione, from Spanish protección, from Late Latin protectio, from Latin prōtēctus, from Latin protegere, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
protection (French): protection
Definitions
- protection
Ancestry of “protection”, step by step
protection traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian protezione
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | protezione | protection |
| 2 | Spanish | protección | protection |
| 3 | Late Latin | protectio | a covering over; protection; shelter |
| 4 | Latin | prōtēctus | covered |
| 5 | Latin | protegere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Old French protection
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | protection | — |
| 2 | Latin | prōtectiō | protection; shelter |
| 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 |