Where does “Bestimmungsfaktor” come from?
Bestimmungsfaktor (German) comes from German Bestimmung, from German bestimmen, from German stimmen, from German stimme, from Middle High German stimme, from Old High German stimma, from Proto-Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō — mouth, muzzle.
Bestimmungsfaktor (German): determinant
Definitions
- determinant
Ancestry of “Bestimmungsfaktor”, step by step
Bestimmungsfaktor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bestimmung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bestimmung | determination; destination; appointment,... |
| 2 | German | bestimmen | to determine |
| 3 | German | stimmen | to be right, be true; to vote; to tune |
| 4 | German | stimme | inflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Middle High German | stimme | — |
| 6 | Old High German | stimma | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |
via German Faktor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Faktor | factor |
| 2 | Latin | factor | One who or which does or makes something; doer,... |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |