Where does “Aktionspotential” come from?
Aktionspotential (German) comes from German Potential, from German Potenzial, from Latin potentialis, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis — to drink.
Aktionspotential (German): action potential
Definitions
- action potential
Ancestry of “Aktionspotential”, step by step
Aktionspotential traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Potential
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Potential | Alternative spelling of Potenzial; potential |
| 2 | German | Potenzial | potential |
| 3 | Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 4 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 5 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 6 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 7 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |
via German Aktion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Aktion | action |
| 2 | Latin | āctiō | action; a doing or performing, behavior |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Swedish potential
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | potential | potential (currently unrealized ability) |