Where does “pensionat” come from?
pensionat (Swedish) comes from Romanian pensiona, from French pensionner, from French pension, from Old French pension, from Latin pēnsiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pensionat (Swedish): a pension house, a hotel
Definitions
- a pension house, a hotel
Ancestry of “pensionat”, step by step
pensionat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian pensiona
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pensiona | to pension, to retire |
| 2 | French | pensionner | to pension |
| 3 | French | pension | A pension, regularly received payment; A pension,... |
| 4 | Old French | pension | Alternative form of panssion; payment, rent |
| 5 | Latin | pēnsiō | payment |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French pensionnat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pensionnat | boarding school |
| 2 | French | -ât | "A suffix denoting the third-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |