Where does “perċezzjoni” come from?
perċezzjoni (Maltese) comes from Italian percezione, from Latin perceptiō, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
perċezzjoni (Maltese): perception
Definitions
- perception
Ancestry of “perċezzjoni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | percezione | perception |
| 2 | Latin | perceptiō | a taking, receiving, collecting, gathering |
| 3 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |