Where does “Information” come from?
Information (German) comes from Latin īnfōrmātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Information (German): a piece of information; information;...
Definitions
- a piece of information; information;...
Ancestry of “Information”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | īnfōrmātiō | sketch, idea, conception |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “Information”
- dezinformatsiya
- информа́ция
- Informatik
- Informationsdienst
- Informationstheorie
- Desinformation
- Informationsaustausch
- Informationsbroschüre
- Informationsfreiheit
- Informationsgesellschaft
- Informationsprospekt
- Informationssystem
- Informationstechnologie
- Informationsverarbeitung
- Informationswissenschaft
- Informationszeitalter
- Falschinformation
- Informationssektor
- Nährwertinformation
- informatika
- инфа
- видеоинформация
- дезинформа́ция
- informatika