Where does “Desinfektionsmittel” come from?
Desinfektionsmittel (German) comes from German Desinfektion, from French désinfection, from French infection, from Old French infection, from Latin infectio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Desinfektionsmittel (German): disinfectant
Definitions
- disinfectant
Ancestry of “Desinfektionsmittel”, step by step
Desinfektionsmittel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Desinfektion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Desinfektion | disinfection; fumigation |
| 2 | French | désinfection | disinfection |
| 3 | French | infection | infection; stench, stink |
| 4 | Old French | infection | infection |
| 5 | Latin | infectio | infection |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German mittel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mittel | middle, in the middle; average, middling |
| 2 | Middle High German | mittel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | mittil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |