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Where does “Diplomingenieurin” come from?

Diplomingenieurin (German) comes from German Diplomingenieur, from German Ingenieur, from French ingénieur, from Old French engigneor, from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Diplomingenieurin (German): An engineer's degree given to females in Austria...

Definitions

  1. An engineer's degree given to females in Austria...

Ancestry of “Diplomingenieurin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDiplomingenieurAn engineer's degree given in several countries
2GermanIngenieurengineer
3Frenchingénieurengineer; conductor
4Old Frenchengigneordeceiver; one who deceives; engineer
5Latiningeniatorengineer
6Latiningeniārius—
7Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
8Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
10Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
11Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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