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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hyperaktivität | hyperactivity |
| 2 | German | hyperaktiv | hyperactive |
| 3 | German | Aktiv | active voice; active verb |
| 4 | French | actif | active; asset; top |
| 5 | Old French | actif | active |
| 6 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via German Aufmerksamkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Aufmerksamkeit | attention, care |
| 2 | German | aufmerksam | attentive, alert, observant; kind, nice |
| 3 | German | aufmerken | to observe |
| 4 | German | merken | to notice; to memorize, remember; to realize |
| 5 | Middle High German | merken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | merchen | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *markijan | to mark |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markijaną | to mark; to perceive, notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Störung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Störung | disturbance; dysfunction, disorder |
| 2 | German | stören | to disturb, to interfere, to bother |
| 3 | Middle High German | stören | — |
| 4 | Old High German | stōren | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *staurijan | to destroy, disturb |