Where does “Ausdrucksfunktion” come from?
Ausdrucksfunktion (German) comes from German Ausdruck, from German ausdrücken, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter- — boundary, end.
Ausdrucksfunktion (German): expressive function, one of the three communicative functions according to the organon model
Definitions
- expressive function, one of the three communicative functions according to the organon model
Ancestry of “Ausdrucksfunktion”, step by step
Ausdrucksfunktion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ausdruck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ausdruck | expression, term; diction; expression,... |
| 2 | German | ausdrücken | to squeeze, to squeeze out; to express |
| 3 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 5 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 9 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 10 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via German Funktion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Funktion | role; feature; subroutine |
| 2 | Latin | functiō | performance, execution (of a task) |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |