Where does “Differenzialsperre” come from?
Differenzialsperre (German) comes from German Differential, from Latin differentialis, from Latin differentia, from Latin differēns, from Latin differre, from Latin differo, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Differenzialsperre (German): differential lock
Definitions
- differential lock
Ancestry of “Differenzialsperre”, step by step
Differenzialsperre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Differential
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Differential | differential |
| 2 | Latin | differentialis | differential |
| 3 | Latin | differentia | difference; diversity; nominative neuter plural... |
| 4 | Latin | differēns | spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating |
| 5 | Latin | differre | present active infinitive of differō |
| 6 | Latin | differo | I carry different ways, spread, scatter,... |
| 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 sperre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sperre | inflection of sperren: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | sperren | to bar; to space out the letters of a word or... |
| 3 | Middle High German | sperren | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sperran | to put up rafters, beams; to barricade |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijaną | to bar, to block |