Where does “Brustsegment” come from?
Brustsegment (German) comes from German brūst, from Middle High German brust, from Old High German brūst, from Proto-West Germanic brust, from Proto-Germanic brusts, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.
Brustsegment (German): thoracomere, segment of the thorax of a crustacean
Definitions
- thoracomere, segment of the thorax of a crustacean
Ancestry of “Brustsegment”, step by step
Brustsegment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German brūst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | brūst | chest |
| 2 | Middle High German | brust | — |
| 3 | Old High German | brūst | breast, chest |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | brust | breast, chest |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brusts | breast, chest |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrews- | to break |
via German Segment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Segment | segment |
| 2 | Latin | segmentum | a cutting, cut; slice, piece; a segment, strip or... |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |