Where does “deinstrumentalize” come from?
deinstrumentalize (English) comes from English de, from Chinese 德, from Mandarin 德意志, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
deinstrumentalize (English): To stop something being merely an instrument for...
Definitions
- To stop something being merely an instrument for...
Ancestry of “deinstrumentalize”, step by step
deinstrumentalize traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de | To do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A... |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English instrumentalize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | instrumentalize | To make into an instrument for achieving a goal;... |
| 2 | English | -ize | Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives |
| 3 | Middle English | -isen | -ise, -ize |
| 4 | Middle French | -iser | -ize |
| 5 | Latin | -izō | Used to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |