Where does “Detektiv” come from?
Detektiv (German) comes from Russian детекти́в, from Spanish detective, from English detective, from English detect, from Latin detectus, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
Detektiv (German): detective, private investigator, sleuth
Definitions
- detective, private investigator, sleuth
Ancestry of “Detektiv”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | детекти́в | detective |
| 2 | Spanish | detective | detective |
| 3 | English | detective | A police officer who looks for evidence as part... |
| 4 | English | detect | to discover or find by careful search,... |
| 5 | Latin | detectus | uncovered, revealed, disclosed |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |