Where does “werkzaamheidsgraad” come from?

werkzaamheidsgraad (Dutch) comes from Dutch werkzaamheid, from Dutch werkzaam, from Dutch -zaam, from Middle Dutch -sam, from Old Dutch -sam, from Proto-Germanic -samaz, from Proto-Germanic samaz, from Proto-Indo-European somHós — together, one.

werkzaamheidsgraad (Dutch): employment rate

Definitions

  1. employment rate

Ancestry of “werkzaamheidsgraad”, step by step

werkzaamheidsgraad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch werkzaamheid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwerkzaamheidactivity, operation; efficacy, efficaciousness;...
2Dutchwerkzaamoperative; hardworking; employed
3Dutch-zaamUsed to form adjectives/adverbs of base...
4Middle Dutch-sam
5Old Dutch-sam
6Proto-Germanic-samazsame as
7Proto-Germanicsamazsame, alike
8Proto-Indo-EuropeansomHóssame, alike
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Dutch graad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgraaddegree; degree of angle
2Middle Dutchgraet
3Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
4Proto-Italicgraðus
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-