Where does “Aktienmehrheit” come from?
Aktienmehrheit (German) comes from German Aktie, from Dutch actie, from Latin āctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Aktienmehrheit (German): majority stake, majority of shares, controlling interest ownership of more than 50% of the shares in a company, granting full control over the shareholders' meeting
Definitions
- majority stake, majority of shares, controlling interest ownership of more than 50% of the shares in a company, granting full control over the shareholders' meeting
Ancestry of “Aktienmehrheit”, step by step
Aktienmehrheit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Aktie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Aktie | share, stock |
| 2 | Dutch | actie | action, activity, movement; especially a... |
| 3 | Latin | āctiō | action; a doing or performing, behavior |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Mehrheit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mehrheit | majority; bulk; majority; plurality |
| 2 | Dutch | meerderheid | majority |
| 3 | Dutch | meerder | greater, superior |
| 4 | Dutch | meer | lake; sea; comparative degree of veel; more |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | mêer | border, boundary |
| 6 | Old Dutch | meri | border, boundary |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | mārī | famous; story, tale; message |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | mari | sea, ocean; lake, body of water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | móri | sea; standing water |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |