Where does “wikisłownikarka” come from?
wikisłownikarka (Polish) comes from Polish wikisłownikarz, from Polish Wikisłownik, from English Wiktionary, from English Dictionary, from Middle English dixionare, from Medieval Latin dictionarium, from Latin dictiō, from Latin dictus — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
Ancestry of “wikisłownikarka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | wikisłownikarz | Wiktionarian |
| 2 | Polish | Wikisłownik | Wiktionary |
| 3 | English | Wiktionary | A collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation to produce a free and complete dictionary in every language; the dictionaries, collectively, produced by that project |
| 4 | English | Dictionary | Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words |
| 5 | Middle English | dixionare | dictionary |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | dictionarium | dictionary |
| 7 | Latin | dictiō | a saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory |
| 8 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 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 |