Where does “Aktivierungsenergie” come from?

Aktivierungsenergie (German) comes from German Aktivierung, from German aktivieren, from French activer, from French actif, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Aktivierungsenergie (German): activation energy

Definitions

  1. activation energy

Ancestry of “Aktivierungsenergie”, step by step

Aktivierungsenergie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Aktivierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAktivierungactivation
2Germanaktivierento activate, to enable; to activate
3Frenchactiverto activate; to speed up; to stoke
4Frenchactifactive; asset; top
5Old Frenchactifactive
6Latināctīvusactive
7Ancient GreekἐνεργητικόςAble to act on; acting on; Active; In the active...
8Ancient Greekἐνεργέωto be in action or activity, to operate; to...
9Ancient Greekἐνεργόςat work, active
10Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
11Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
12Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
13Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
14Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
15Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
16Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German Energie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEnergieenergy
2Ancient Greekἐνέργειᾰactivity, operation, vigour, efficiency
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐν-
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