Where does “Diplomingenieur” come from?
Diplomingenieur (German) comes from German Ingenieur, from French ingénieur, from Old French engigneor, from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Diplomingenieur (German): An engineer's degree given in several countries
Definitions
- An engineer's degree given in several countries
Ancestry of “Diplomingenieur”, step by step
Diplomingenieur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ingenieur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ingenieur | engineer |
| 2 | French | ingénieur | engineer; conductor |
| 3 | Old French | engigneor | deceiver; one who deceives; engineer |
| 4 | Latin | ingeniator | engineer |
| 5 | Latin | ingeniārius | an engineer |
| 6 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 7 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 9 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via German Diplom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Diplom | diploma |
| 2 | French | diplôme | degree; diploma |
| 3 | Latin | dīplōma | letter of recommendation |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δίπλωμα | something double; folded paper; double pot, for... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διπλόω | To repeat a process; To double, multiply by two;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |