Where does “Atom-U-Boot” come from?
Atom-U-Boot (German) comes from German U-Boot, from German Unterseeboot, from German boot, from Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz — bee.
Atom-U-Boot (German): nuclear submarine
Definitions
- nuclear submarine
Ancestry of “Atom-U-Boot”, step by step
Atom-U-Boot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German U-Boot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | U-Boot | a U-boat or submarine |
| 2 | German | Unterseeboot | submarine |
| 3 | German | boot | boat |
| 4 | Middle Low German | bōt | — |
| 5 | Middle English | bot | A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for... |
| 6 | Old English | bāt | that which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bait | boat, ship |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | baitaz | boat, ship |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via German Atom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Atom | atom |
| 2 | Latin | atomus | indivisible; an atom, particle incapable of being... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἄτομος | uncut; indivisible, not capable of being... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |