Where does “descafeinamiento” come from?
descafeinamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish descafeinar, from Portuguese Des-, from Portuguese encriptação, from Portuguese -ção, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
descafeinamiento (Spanish): decaffeination
Definitions
- decaffeination
Ancestry of “descafeinamiento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | descafeinar | to decaffeinate |
| 2 | Portuguese | Des- | un-; de-; dis- forms verbs indicating the reversal of the prefixed verb |
| 3 | Portuguese | encriptação | encryption |
| 4 | Portuguese | -ção | -tion |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |