Where does “Demonstrationskraftwerk” come from?
Demonstrationskraftwerk (German) comes from German Demonstration, from Latin demonstratio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Demonstrationskraftwerk (German): demonstration power plant
Definitions
- demonstration power plant
Ancestry of “Demonstrationskraftwerk”, step by step
Demonstrationskraftwerk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Demonstration
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Demonstration | demonstration, rally |
| 2 | Latin | demonstratio | indication, description, designation,... |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Kraftwerk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kraftwerk | power station, power plant |
| 2 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |