Where does “disguisamento” come from?
disguisamento (Interlingua) comes from Interlingua disguisar, from Old French desguiser, from Old French des-, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
disguisamento (Interlingua): disguise, costume outfit worn to hide one's identity
Definitions
- disguise, costume outfit worn to hide one's identity
Ancestry of “disguisamento”, step by step
disguisamento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Interlingua disguisar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Interlingua | disguisar | to disguise change someone's appearance to make him/her look different |
| 2 | Old French | desguiser | Alternative form of desguisier |
| 3 | Old French | des- | de-; dis- |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Interlingua mento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Interlingua | mento | chin |