Where does “deltage” come from?
deltage (Danish) comes from German teilnehmen, from Latin participō, from Latin particeps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
deltage (Danish): participate
Definitions
- participate
Ancestry of “deltage”, step by step
deltage traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German teilnehmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | teilnehmen | to participate |
| 2 | Latin | participō | to partake of, participate in |
| 3 | Latin | particeps | sharing |
| 4 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 5 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |