Where does “Eigenkapitalrentabilität” come from?

Eigenkapitalrentabilität (German) comes from German Eigenkapital, from German kapital, from Italian capitale, from Polish kapitał, from English capital, from French capital, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput — to seize, hold.

Eigenkapitalrentabilität (German): return on equity, ROE a measure of a corporation's profitability that reveals how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested

Definitions

  1. return on equity, ROE a measure of a corporation's profitability that reveals how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested

Ancestry of “Eigenkapitalrentabilität”, step by step

Eigenkapitalrentabilität traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Eigenkapital

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEigenkapitalequity; capital
2Germankapitalcapital
3ItaliancapitaleOf or pertaining to the head; primary, prime,...
4Polishkapitałprincipal
5EnglishcapitalAlready-produced durable goods available for use...
6Frenchcapitalcapital money and wealth
7Latincapitālisof the head or life
8Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
9Proto-Italickaputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
11Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via German Rentabilität

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRentabilitätprofitability
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-