Where does “infoxicación” come from?
infoxicación (Spanish) comes from Spanish intoxicación, from Spanish intoxicar, from Medieval Latin intoxicare, from Latin toxicō, from Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν, from Ancient Greek τοξικός — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
infoxicación (Spanish): infoxication, infobesity, infoglut, information overload
Definitions
- infoxication, infobesity, infoglut, information overload
Ancestry of “infoxicación”, step by step
infoxicación traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish intoxicación
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | intoxicación | intoxication |
| 2 | Spanish | intoxicar | to intoxicate |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | intoxicare | — |
| 4 | Latin | toxicō | to smear or anoint with poison |
| 5 | Latin | toxicus | toxic; poisonous |
| 6 | Latin | toxicum | a poison used on the tips of arrows; any poison |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τοξικόν | poison used on the tips of arrows |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τοξικός | of or for the bow; skilled in the use of the bow;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Spanish información
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | información | information; data |
| 2 | Latin | īnfōrmātiō | sketch, idea, conception |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |