Where does “misdiviziune” come from?
misdiviziune (Romanian) comes from English misdivision, from English division, from Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin divisio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
misdiviziune (Romanian): misdivision
Definitions
- misdivision
Ancestry of “misdiviziune”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | misdivision | Incorrect division, e.g. of a word |
| 2 | English | division | The act or process of dividing anything; Each of... |
| 3 | Middle English | divisioun | Division, forking, separation; the action of... |
| 4 | Old French | division | — |
| 5 | Latin | divisio | division; distribution |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |