Where does “generacioun” come from?
generacioun (Middle English) comes from Old French generacion, from Latin generātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
generacioun (Middle English): generation
Definitions
- generation
Ancestry of “generacioun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | generacion | procreation; begetting |
| 2 | Latin | generātiō | a generation |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “generacioun”
- generation
- generational
- intergenerational
- multigenerational
- cogeneration
- transgenerational
- intragenerational
- generationally
- intergenerationally
- microgeneration
- multigeneration
- photogeneration
- overgeneration
- transgenerationally
- intergeneration
- trigeneration
- autogeneration
- hydrogeneration
- unigenerational
- generationer
- trigenerational
- pregeneration
- congeneration
- intrageneration