Where does “Balkendiagramm” come from?

Balkendiagramm (German) comes from German Diagramm, from French diagramme, from Italian diagramma, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

Balkendiagramm (German): bar chart, usually with horizontal bars

Definitions

  1. bar chart, usually with horizontal bars

Ancestry of “Balkendiagramm”, step by step

Balkendiagramm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Diagramm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDiagrammdiagram; chart
2Frenchdiagrammediagram
3Italiandiagrammadiagram; chart; graph
4Ancient GreekδιάγραμμαThat which is marked out in lines, plan, diagram
5Ancient Greekδῐᾰ-apart; through, across; through; in different...
6Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
8Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

via German Balken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBalkenbeam, crossbeam; bar; beam
2Old High Germanbalkobeam
3Proto-West Germanicbalkōbeam, balk
4Proto-Germanicbalkôbeam, balk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵ-to balk, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁Every word from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwís