Where does “aġġustament” come from?
aġġustament (Maltese) comes from English adjustment, from French ajustement, from French ajuster, from French juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
aġġustament (Maltese): adjustment
Definitions
- adjustment
Ancestry of “aġġustament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adjustment | The action of adjusting something; The result of... |
| 2 | French | ajustement | adjustment, adjusting, tweak |
| 3 | French | ajuster | to adjust; tweak |
| 4 | French | juste | fair, just; reasonable, appropriate, grounded;... |
| 5 | Old French | juste | — |
| 6 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |