Where does “Devisenkurs” come from?
Devisenkurs (German) comes from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Devisenkurs (German): foreign exchange rate, forex rate the price of one currency expressed in terms of another currency
Definitions
- foreign exchange rate, forex rate the price of one currency expressed in terms of another currency
Ancestry of “Devisenkurs”, step by step
Devisenkurs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kurs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kurs | course; exchange rate, market price |
| 2 | Italian | corso | course; stream, waterway; avenue |
| 3 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 4 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Devise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Devise | motto; foreign currency |
| 2 | French | devise | motto; assets in foreign currency; currency |
| 3 | Latin | dīvidō | to divide, separate |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |