Where does “Adventkalender” come from?
Adventkalender (German) comes from German Advent, from Middle High German advent, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Ancestry of “Adventkalender”, step by step
Adventkalender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Advent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Advent | Advent |
| 2 | Middle High German | advent | Advent |
| 3 | Latin | adventus | arrival, approach, advent; Advent |
| 4 | Latin | adveniō | to come to, to arrive |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German Kalender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kalender | calendar; agenda, scheduler, planner; omasum |
| 2 | Latin | calendārium | an account book or debt book |
| 3 | Latin | Calendae | Abbreviation Cal; astronomical new moon; calends |
| 4 | Latin | calāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | chalāre | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χαλάω | I slacken; I loosen; I become slack; I become... |