Where does “ワーケーション” come from?
ワーケーション (Japanese) comes from English workcation, from English vacation, from Middle English vacation, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacation, from Latin vacatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
ワーケーション (Japanese): workcation
Definitions
- workcation
Ancestry of “ワーケーション”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | workcation | A vacation that one spends getting work done |
| 2 | English | vacation | Freedom from some business or activity; Free time... |
| 3 | Middle English | vacation | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | vacacioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | vacation | — |
| 6 | Latin | vacatio | freedom, exemption, immunity; privilege |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |