Where does “rebusist” come from?
rebusist (Romanian) comes from Romanian rebus, from French rébus, from Latin rebus, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
rebusist (Romanian): crossword
Definitions
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Ancestry of “rebusist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | rebus | rebus, crossword |
| 2 | French | rébus | rebus |
| 3 | Latin | rebus | dative plural of rēs; ablative plural of rēs |
| 4 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 5 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 6 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 7 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |