création (French)
Where does "création" come from?
The French word 'création' was borrowed from the Latin 'creātiōnem', which described the act of producing or making something. This term is rooted in the Latin verb 'creāre', which stems from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to grow' or 'to become bigger'. This ancient connection reveals that the concept of creation was originally tied to the natural process of growth and increase.
Full etymology tree
- création (French), 'creation'
- borrowed creātiō (Latin), 'a creating, producing; creation'
- suffix creō (Latin), 'to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or (post-Classical) out of nihility (transitively)'
- inherited *ḱreh₁-eh₂yéti (Proto-Indo-European)
- derived *ḱer- (Proto-Indo-European), 'to grow, to make grow, to nourish'
- inherited *ḱreh₁-eh₂yéti (Proto-Indo-European)
- suffix -tiō (Latin), '-tion, -ation, -ing; suffixed to verbs to form action nouns denoting a process, action, or result of an action.'
- inherited *-tjō (Proto-Italic), 'Forms action or result nouns from verb stems.'
- inherited *-tis (Proto-Indo-European), 'Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.'
- inherited *-tjō (Proto-Italic), 'Forms action or result nouns from verb stems.'
- suffix creō (Latin), 'to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or (post-Classical) out of nihility (transitively)'
- borrowed creātiō (Latin), 'a creating, producing; creation'
Ancestors
- creatio (Latin)
Descendants and derived words
- créationnisme (French)
- créationniste (French)
- créationniste (French)
- procréation (French)
- recréation (French)
- récréation (French)
Updated May 2026
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