Where does “postulan” come from?
postulan (Indonesian) comes from Dutch postulant, from French postulant, from French postuler, from French postulat, from Latin postulatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
postulan (Indonesian): postulant: a person seeking admission to a religious order
Definitions
- postulant: a person seeking admission to a religious order
Ancestry of “postulan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | postulant | postulant |
| 2 | French | postulant | present participle of postuler |
| 3 | French | postuler | to claim, to request, to ask for; to apply; to... |
| 4 | French | postulat | postulate |
| 5 | Latin | postulatio | petition, request; complaint |
| 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 |