Where does “Bruttospanne” come from?

Bruttospanne (German) comes from German brutto, from Italian brutto, from Latin brūtus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

Bruttospanne (German): gross margin the difference between revenue and the cost of goods sold, usually expressed as a percentage or an absolute value

Definitions

  1. gross margin the difference between revenue and the cost of goods sold, usually expressed as a percentage or an absolute value

Ancestry of “Bruttospanne”, step by step

Bruttospanne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German brutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbruttogross
2Italianbruttougly, bad, nasty; ugly person; first-person...
3Latinbrūtus
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
5Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

via German spänne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspännefirst/third-person singular subjunctive II of...
2Middle High Germanspanne
3Old High Germanspanna
4Proto-Germanicspannōspan, handbreadth
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -us