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

  1. bond length

Ancestry of “Bindungsabstand”, step by step

Bindungsabstand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Abstand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbstanddistance, interspace, spacing, interval
2Latindistantiadistance, remoteness; difference, diversity;...
3Latindistānsstanding apart
4Latindistōto stand apart; to be distant
5Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
6Latincalceusshoe
7Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
8Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via German Bindung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBindungcommitment, obligation; bond, attachment
2Germanbindento tie up; to fasten; to bind together; to knot;...
3Middle High Germanbindento bind
4Old High Germanbintanto bind
5Proto-West Germanicbindanto bind, to tie
6Proto-Germanicbindanąto bind, to tie
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin dis-Every word from Latin calx
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