Where does “Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung” come from?

Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung (German) comes from German Hyperaktivität, from German hyperaktiv, from German Aktiv, 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...

Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung (German): attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Definitions

  1. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Ancestry of “Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung”, step by step

Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hyperaktivität

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHyperaktivitäthyperactivity
2Germanhyperaktivhyperactive
3GermanAktivactive voice; active verb
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 Aufmerksamkeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAufmerksamkeitattention, care
2Germanaufmerksamattentive, alert, observant; kind, nice
3Germanaufmerkento observe
4Germanmerkento notice; to memorize, remember; to realize
5Middle High Germanmerken
6Old High Germanmerchen
7Proto-West Germanic*markijanto mark
8Proto-Germanicmarkijanąto mark; to perceive, notice
9Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
12Chichewaiyehe, she

via German Störung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStörungdisturbance; dysfunction, disorder
2Germanstörento disturb, to interfere, to bother
3Middle High Germanstören
4Old High Germanstōren
5Proto-West Germanic*staurijanto destroy, disturb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂