Where does “demostración” come from?
demostración (Spanish) comes from Latin demonstratio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
demostración (Spanish): demonstration
Definitions
- demonstration
Ancestry of “demostración”, step by step
demostración traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin demonstratio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | demonstratio | indication, description, designation,... |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin demonstrationem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | demonstrationem | accusative singular of dēmōnstrātiō |
| 2 | Latin | demonstrare | present active infinitive of dēmōnstrō "to show;... |
| 3 | Latin | monstrare | present active infinitive of mōnstrō;... |
| 4 | Latin | monere | present active infinitive of moneō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | moneo | I warn, I advise; I remind |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | moneō | to remind, to warn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | monéyeti | to cause to think, make think |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |