Where does “Auslaufmodell” come from?
Auslaufmodell (German) comes from German Modell, from Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Auslaufmodell (German): something phased out or discontinued; a model of some merchandise which is still sold, but whose production has been (or will soon be) stopped
Definitions
- something phased out or discontinued; a model of some merchandise which is still sold, but whose production has been (or will soon be) stopped
Ancestry of “Auslaufmodell”, step by step
Auslaufmodell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Modell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Modell | A model of an object; A theoretical model |
| 2 | Italian | modello | model; mould, mold; pattern |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | modellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via German auslaufen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | auslaufen | to expire; to be no longer valid; to leak; to... |
| 2 | German | aus- | out- |
| 3 | German | Aus | an out; the end of play for an individual or a... |
| 4 | English | out | Away from the inside, centre or other point of... |
| 5 | Middle English | oute | out |
| 6 | Old English | ūt | out |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |