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Where does “fictio” come from?

fictio (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.

fictio (Latin): fashioning, forming, formation; fiction

Definitions

  1. fashioning, forming, formation; fiction

Ancestry of “fictio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tiō—
2Latindissertātiō—
3Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
4Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
6Latincalceusshoe
7Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
8Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “fictio”

  • fiction
  • fictional
  • nonfiction
  • metafiction
  • metafictional
  • nonfictional
  • fictionality
  • fictionally
  • fictionalization
  • fictionalize
  • fictionalism
  • fictionalist
  • fictionist
  • semifictional
  • metafictionality
  • fictionalisation
  • hyperfiction
  • metafictionally
  • microfiction
  • cyberfiction
  • fictioneer
  • fictionmaking
  • fictionary
  • metafictionist
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