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