Where does “Drogenkriminalität” come from?
Drogenkriminalität (German) comes from German Kriminalität, from French criminalité, from French -té, from Middle French -té, from Old French -té, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Drogenkriminalität (German): drug-related crime, drug crime
Definitions
- drug-related crime, drug crime
Ancestry of “Drogenkriminalität”, step by step
Drogenkriminalität traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kriminalität
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kriminalität | crime practice or habit of committing crimes; criminal acts collectively |
| 2 | French | criminalité | crime; criminality, criminalness |
| 3 | French | -té | -ty |
| 4 | Middle French | -té | -ty |
| 5 | Old French | -té | -ty |
| 6 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via German dröge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dröge | dry; dull; boring; humdrum |
| 2 | French | drogue | drug |
| 3 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 4 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 5 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | drôge | dry |
| 7 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | dry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |