Where does “Alterungsprozess” come from?
Alterungsprozess (German) comes from German Prozeß, from Middle High German process, from Latin prōcessus, from Latin prōcēdō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
Alterungsprozess (German): ageing, senescence
Ancestry of “Alterungsprozess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Prozeß | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | process | — |
| 3 | Latin | prōcessus | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōcēdō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |