Where does “petiționar” come from?
petiționar (Romanian) comes from French pétitionnaire, from French pétitionner, from French pétition, from Old French peticiun, from Latin petitio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
petiționar (Romanian): petitioner
Definitions
- petitioner
Ancestry of “petiționar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pétitionnaire | petitioner |
| 2 | French | pétitionner | to petition |
| 3 | French | pétition | petition |
| 4 | Old French | peticiun | request; demand |
| 5 | Latin | petitio | an attack, thrust, blow; a request, petition,... |
| 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 |