Where does “acd” come from?

acd (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 “acd”, step by step

acd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualAAmpere, a unit of electrical current; IUPAC...
2EnglishaccelerationThe act of accelerating, or the state of being...
3Latinaccelerātiōa hastening
4Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
5Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Translingual CD

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCDCorps Diplomatique, diplomatic corps
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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