Where does “MA” come from?
MA (Translingual) comes from Translingual A, from English acceleration, from Latin accelerātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “MA”, step by step
MA traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual A
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | A | Ampere, a unit of electrical current; IUPAC... |
| 2 | English | acceleration | The act of accelerating, or the state of being... |
| 3 | Latin | accelerātiō | a hastening |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French Maroc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Maroc | Morocco |
| 2 | Portuguese | Marrocos | — |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | Marrocos | — |
| 4 | Arabic | مَرَّاكُش | Marrakesh |
| 5 | Moroccan Amazigh | ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ | — |