Where does “Dusche” come from?
Dusche (German) comes from German duschen, from French douche, from Italian doccia, from Italian doccione, from Latin ductiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Dusche (German): a shower
Definitions
- a shower
Ancestry of “Dusche”, step by step
Dusche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German duschen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | duschen | to shower; to shower someone or something |
| 2 | French | douche | shower; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Italian | doccia | shower; drainpipe; plaster cast |
| 4 | Italian | doccione | spout (for water); gargoyle |
| 5 | Latin | ductiō | leading (away) |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Middle English durren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | durren | To dare, be willing to do in the face of... |
| 2 | Old English | durran | to dare |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | durʀan | to dare |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | durzaną | to dare |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰedʰórse | to dare |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰers- | to be bold, to dare |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |