Where does “Fahrkartenschalter” come from?
Fahrkartenschalter (German) comes from German Fahrkarte, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
Fahrkartenschalter (German): ticket office, ticket counter
Definitions
- ticket office, ticket counter
Ancestry of “Fahrkartenschalter”, step by step
Fahrkartenschalter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fahrkarte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fahrkarte | fare ticket |
| 2 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 3 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 4 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 5 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 6 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 7 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 8 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 9 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via German Schalter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schalter | agent noun of schalten |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |