Where does “Absolutbetrag” come from?
Absolutbetrag (German) comes from German absolut, from Latin absolūtus, from Latin absolvō, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
Absolutbetrag (German): absolute amount
Definitions
- absolute amount
Ancestry of “Absolutbetrag”, step by step
Absolutbetrag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German absolut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | absolut | absolute; absolutely |
| 2 | Latin | absolūtus | concluded, finished, complete, having been ended |
| 3 | Latin | absolvō | to release, discharge |
| 4 | Latin | solvo | to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt |
| 5 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 6 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |
via German Betrag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Betrag | amount, sum; the magnitude or length of a vector |
| 2 | German | betragen | to amount to, to be; to behave |
| 3 | German | tragen | to carry; to bear, to carry; to bear, to pay |
| 4 | Middle High German | tragen | to bear, to carry |
| 5 | Old High German | tragan | to bear; to bear fruit |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |