Where does “azzjoni” come from?
azzjoni (Maltese) comes from Italian azione, from French action, from Old French aucion, from Latin āctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
azzjoni (Maltese): action
Definitions
- action
Ancestry of “azzjoni”, step by step
azzjoni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian azione
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | azione | action; share; share, security |
| 2 | French | action | action, act; campaign; stock, share |
| 3 | Old French | aucion | action; act; deed |
| 4 | Latin | āctiō | action; a doing or performing, behavior |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Sicilian azzioni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | azzioni | — |