Where does “improvisasi” come from?

improvisasi (Indonesian) comes from Dutch improvisatie, from French improvisation, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

improvisasi (Indonesian): improvisation: the act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously

Definitions

  1. improvisation: the act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously

Ancestry of “improvisasi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchimprovisatieimprovisation
2Frenchimprovisationimprovisation all meanings
3French-ationUsed to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
4Middle French-ationation
5Old French-ationation
6Latin-ātiō
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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