Where does “dyskalkuli” come from?
dyskalkuli (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French dyscalculie, from French dys-, from Ancient Greek δῠσ-, from Latin calculāre, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
dyskalkuli (Norwegian Bokmål): dyscalculia a learning disability characterized by significantly below average mathematical ability
Definitions
- dyscalculia a learning disability characterized by significantly below average mathematical ability
Ancestry of “dyskalkuli”, step by step
dyskalkuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French dyscalculie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dyscalculie | dyscalculia |
| 2 | French | dys- | bad status; malfunctioning |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δῠσ- | bad, unfortunate |
| 4 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English dyscalculia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dyscalculia | A learning disability characterized by... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | dys- | — |