Where does “acionável” come from?

acionável (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese acionar, from French actionner, from French action, from Old French aucion, from Latin āctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

acionável (Portuguese): actionable

Definitions

  1. actionable

Ancestry of “acionável”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseacionarto action; to activate; to apply
2Frenchactionnerto work (to set into action), actuate, action
3Frenchactionaction, act; campaign; stock, share
4Old Frenchaucionaction; act; deed
5Latināctiōaction; a doing or performing, behavior
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ