Where does “incisivitate” come from?
incisivitate (Romanian) comes from Romanian incisiv, from French incisive, from French incisif, from French incision, from Middle French incision, from Latin incisio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
incisivitate (Romanian): incisivity
Definitions
- incisivity
Ancestry of “incisivitate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | incisiv | incisor |
| 2 | French | incisive | feminine singular of incisif; incisor |
| 3 | French | incisif | incisive |
| 4 | French | incision | incision |
| 5 | Middle French | incision | — |
| 6 | Latin | incisio | cutting in two |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |