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Where does “funcionarial” come from?

funcionarial (Spanish) comes from Spanish funcionario, from Spanish funcionar, from Spanish función, from Latin functiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

funcionarial (Spanish): civil service, civil servant

Definitions

  1. civil service, civil servant

Ancestry of “funcionarial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfuncionarioofficial, public official; officeholder
2Spanishfuncionarto work, function
3Spanishfunciónfunction; showing; a function; a subroutine,...
4Latinfunctiō—
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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