Where does “Canisius” come from?
Canisius (Latin) comes from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Canisius (Latin): Canisius
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- Canisius
Ancestry of “Canisius”, step by step
Canisius traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin iūs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 2 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Middle Dutch Hondt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | Hondt | — |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hont | dog; despicable, worthless person; an area of 100... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | hunt | dog |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via Latin Canis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Canis | a dog, a hound animal |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |