Where does “bilim kurgu” come from?
bilim kurgu (Turkish) comes from English science fiction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bilim kurgu (Turkish): science fiction
Definitions
- science fiction
Ancestry of “bilim kurgu”, step by step
bilim kurgu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English science fiction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | science fiction | Fiction in which advanced technology or science... |
| 2 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 3 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 4 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 5 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 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 Turkish bilim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | bilim | science |
| 2 | Turkish | bilmek | to know, be informed of, be aware of; to... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | بلمك | to know, understand, recognise |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | bil- | to know |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | بالـ | Derives adverbs from Arabic nouns |
| 6 | Arabic | ب | Abbreviation of باب; with, by; with |
| 7 | Arabic | طَابَق | — |
| 8 | Middle Persian | tʾp̄k' | frying pan |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | tāpaka- | heater {{non-gloss definition|or}} baking place... |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | tap- | to warm up, heat; flat |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tep- | to be warm, be hot |