Where does “Direktinvestition” come from?
Direktinvestition (German) comes from German Investition, from German investieren, from English invest, from English investigate, from English investigation, from Latin investīgātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Direktinvestition (German): direct investment, foreign direct investment / FDI an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in another country
Definitions
- direct investment, foreign direct investment / FDI an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in another country
Ancestry of “Direktinvestition”, step by step
Direktinvestition traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Investition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Investition | investment (a placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use) |
| 2 | German | investieren | to invest |
| 3 | English | invest | To spend money, time, or energy on something,... |
| 4 | English | investigate | To inquire into or study in order to ascertain... |
| 5 | English | investigation | The act of investigating; the process of... |
| 6 | Latin | investīgātiō | inquiry, investigation |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German direkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | direkt | direct |
| 2 | Latin | dīrectus | laid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines |
| 3 | Latin | dīrigō | to lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts) |
| 4 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |