Where does “Absolutrechnung” come from?
Absolutrechnung (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.
Absolutrechnung (German): absolute calculation
Definitions
- absolute calculation
Ancestry of “Absolutrechnung”, step by step
Absolutrechnung 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 Rechnung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rechnung | bill, restaurant bill; a reckoning, calculation;... |
| 2 | German | rechnen | to count, reckon, calculate, compute; to expect |
| 3 | Middle High German | rechenen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rehhanōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rekanōną | to count; to explain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |