Where does “Amateurfotografin” come from?
Amateurfotografin (German) comes from German Amateurfotograf, from German fotògraf, from German foto, from German Fotoapparat, from German Apparat, from Latin apparātus, from Latin apparō, from Latin ad- — in.
Ancestry of “Amateurfotografin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Amateurfotograf | amateur photographer |
| 2 | German | fotògraf | photographer |
| 3 | German | foto | photograph picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface |
| 4 | German | Fotoapparat | camera |
| 5 | German | Apparat | apparatus, device; phone |
| 6 | Latin | apparātus | prepared, having been prepared |
| 7 | Latin | apparō | to prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |