Where does “Bindungsabstand” come from?
Bindungsabstand (German) comes from German Abstand, from Latin distantia, from Latin distāns, from Latin distō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Bindungsabstand (German): bond length
Definitions
- bond length
Ancestry of “Bindungsabstand”, step by step
Bindungsabstand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abstand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abstand | distance, interspace, spacing, interval |
| 2 | Latin | distantia | distance, remoteness; difference, diversity;... |
| 3 | Latin | distāns | standing apart |
| 4 | Latin | distō | to stand apart; to be distant |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Bindung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bindung | commitment, obligation; bond, attachment |
| 2 | German | binden | to tie up; to fasten; to bind together; to knot;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | binden | to bind |
| 4 | Old High German | bintan | to bind |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bindan | to bind, to tie |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bindaną | to bind, to tie |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |