Where does “vocation” come from?
vocation (French) comes from Old French vocation, from Latin vocatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
vocation (French): vocation, calling
Definitions
- vocation, calling
Ancestry of “vocation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | vocation | call; calling; appeal; passing away; death; an... |
| 2 | Latin | vocatio | summons; invitation, bidding; calling, vocation |
| 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 |