Where does “juxtapoziție” come from?

juxtapoziție (Romanian) comes from French juxtaposition, from French position, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

juxtapoziție (Romanian): juxtaposition

Definitions

  1. juxtaposition

Ancestry of “juxtapoziție”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjuxtapositionjuxtaposition
2Frenchpositionposition
3Old Frenchposicion
4Latinpositiōposition, place
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 χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-