Where does “distortio” come from?
distortio (Latin) comes from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
distortio (Latin): a distorting, contortion
Definitions
- a distorting, contortion
Ancestry of “distortio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 2 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 3 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 4 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “distortio”
- distortion
- distortionary
- distortional
- predistortion
- distortionless
- distortionist
- distorsió
- distorção
- distorsio
- distorsionar
- distorsione
- ferrodistortion
- distorsion
- distorsión
- counterdistortion
- microdistortion
- nondistortion
- undistortion
- antiferrodistortion
- distorsiune
- distorsionar
- distortionlessness
- distorsiona
- distorsionante