Where does “chestionar” come from?

chestionar (Romanian) comes from French questionnaire, from Latin quaestionarius, from Latin quaestiōnō, from Latin quaestiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

chestionar (Romanian): questionnaire

Definitions

  1. questionnaire

Ancestry of “chestionar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquestionnairequestionnaire
2Latinquaestionariusa torturer or executioner
3Latinquaestiōnō
4Latinquaestiōproblem
5Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
6Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ