Where does “adiustator” come from?
adiustator (Polish) comes from Polish adiustacja, from Polish adiustować, from German adjustieren, from French ajuster, from French juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
adiustator (Polish): copy editor
Definitions
- copy editor
Ancestry of “adiustator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | adiustacja | — |
| 2 | Polish | adiustować | — |
| 3 | German | adjustieren | to set, adjust; to dress, equip; to prepare for a... |
| 4 | French | ajuster | to adjust; tweak |
| 5 | French | juste | fair, just; reasonable, appropriate, grounded;... |
| 6 | Old French | juste | — |
| 7 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 8 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |