dissociatio

Forms

dissociātiō f (genitive dissociātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin dissociō + -tiō, “a disuniting”.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is first found in Pliny the Elder,^[2][4] who speaks of a harmonious kinship in the separation of lands divided by the Bosporus.^[2][5]

Semantic evolution

Pliny also uses it for a natural antipathy or incompatibility between bodies,^[2][6] and Tacitus of the separation of spirit and body.^[5][6] It remained rare in Antiquity.^[4][5] In Medieval Latin Albertus Magnus uses it for a division.^[7]

English borrowed dissociation in the 1610s from French, which had it from this word.^[8]

Timeline

• 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of separation and of incompatibility.^[2][3]
• 98–115 AD – Tacitus writes of the separation of spirit and body.^[5][3]
• 13th century – Albertus Magnus uses it for a division.^[7][3]
• 1610s – English borrows dissociation through French.^[8]

Meanings

Noun

1. Separation, disjunction.^[2][4]
2. Antipathy, incompatibility.^[2][6]
3. (Medieval Latin) A division.^[7]

Related words

• English dissociation

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c d Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
6. ^ a b c Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
7. ^ a b c Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
8. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com