Where does “azionista” come from?
azionista (Italian) comes from Italian azione, from French action, from Old French aucion, from Latin āctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
azionista (Italian): shareholder, investor, stockholder
Definitions
- shareholder, investor, stockholder
Ancestry of “azionista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | azione | action; share; share, security |
| 2 | French | action | action, act; campaign; stock, share |
| 3 | Old French | aucion | action; act; deed |
| 4 | Latin | āctiō | action; a doing or performing, behavior |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |