Where does “Amateurfotograf” come from?
Amateurfotograf (German) comes from German fotògraf, from German foto, from German Fotoapparat, from German Apparat, from Latin apparātus, from Latin apparō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
Amateurfotograf (German): amateur photographer
Definitions
- amateur photographer
Ancestry of “Amateurfotograf”, step by step
Amateurfotograf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fotògraf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fotògraf | photographer |
| 2 | German | foto | photograph picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface |
| 3 | German | Fotoapparat | camera |
| 4 | German | Apparat | apparatus, device; phone |
| 5 | Latin | apparātus | prepared, having been prepared |
| 6 | Latin | apparō | to prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German Amateur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Amateur | amateur |
| 2 | French | amateur | amateur; a lover of something |
| 3 | Latin | amātor | a (male) friend |
| 4 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 5 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 6 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |