Where does “Erdölfraktion” come from?
Erdölfraktion (German) comes from German Fraktion, from French fraction, from Old French fraction, from Latin fractio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Erdölfraktion (German): petroleum fraction
Definitions
- petroleum fraction
Ancestry of “Erdölfraktion”, step by step
Erdölfraktion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fraktion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fraktion | fraction; faction |
| 2 | French | fraction | fraction; fraction, breakup |
| 3 | Old French | fraction | — |
| 4 | Latin | fractio | the action of breaking; fraction |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Erdöl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erdöl | oil, petroleum |
| 2 | German | Öl | oil |
| 3 | Middle High German | öl | oil |
| 4 | Old High German | oli | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *oli | olive oil |
| 6 | Latin | oleum | olive oil; the palaestra |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἔλαιον | olive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐλαία | olive tree; olive; naevus |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | elaíwā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | loiwom | — |