Where does “Absolutmessung” come from?
Absolutmessung (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.
Absolutmessung (German): absolute measurement
Definitions
- absolute measurement
Ancestry of “Absolutmessung”, step by step
Absolutmessung 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 Messung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Messung | measurement, mensuration; metering |
| 2 | German | messen | to measure; to compete; to measure; to be a given... |
| 3 | Middle High German | mëȥȥen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mëȥȥen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |