Where does “Benutzeroberfläche” come from?

Benutzeroberfläche (German) comes from German oberfläche, from Latin superficiēs, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

Benutzeroberfläche (German): graphical user interface

Definitions

  1. graphical user interface

Ancestry of “Benutzeroberfläche”, step by step

Benutzeroberfläche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German oberfläche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanoberflächesurface
2Latinsuperficiēsthe top, surface
3Latinfaciēsmake, form, shape, figure, configuration
4Latinfaciōto do
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōriusory
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German Benutzer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBenutzeruser
2Germanbenutzento use
3GermannützenAlternative form of nutzen
4Middle High Germannützen
5Old High Germannuzzōn
6Proto-GermanicnutōnąTo make use of; employ
7Proto-Germanicnutōuse, profit, yield
8Proto-Indo-Europeannewd-to seize; grasp; use; to grasp, seize, use; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s