Where does “Desinformationskampagne” come from?
Desinformationskampagne (German) comes from German Desinformation, from German Information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Desinformationskampagne (German): disinformation campaign
Definitions
- disinformation campaign
Ancestry of “Desinformationskampagne”, step by step
Desinformationskampagne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Desinformation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Desinformation | (piece of) disinformation, in the plural disinformation false information intentionally spread |
| 2 | German | Information | a piece of information; information;... |
| 3 | Latin | īnfōrmātiō | sketch, idea, conception |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Kampagne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kampagne | campaign |
| 2 | French | campagne | country (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city), countryside |
| 3 | Italian | campagna | rural area: country, countryside; cultivated... |
| 4 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 5 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |