Where does “pensionar” come from?
pensionar (Ido) comes from German pensionieren, from French pensionner, from French pension, from Old French pension, from Latin pēnsiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pensionar (Ido): to pension
Definitions
- to pension
Ancestry of “pensionar”, step by step
pensionar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German pensionieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | pensionieren | to pension |
| 2 | French | pensionner | to pension |
| 3 | French | pension | A pension, regularly received payment; A pension,... |
| 4 | Old French | pension | Alternative form of panssion; payment, rent |
| 5 | Latin | pēnsiō | payment |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 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 |
via Italian pensionare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pensionare | to pension |
| 2 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |