Where does “Visionär” come from?
Visionär (German) comes from French visionnaire, from French vision, from Middle French vision, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Visionär (German): visionary
Ancestry of “Visionär”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | visionnaire | visionary |
| 2 | French | vision | vision, sight |
| 3 | Middle French | vision | — |
| 4 | Old French | vision | vision |
| 5 | Latin | vīsiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |