Where does “Fahrradparkplatz” come from?
Fahrradparkplatz (German) comes from German Fahrrad, from German rad, from English rad, from English radiation, from Latin radiatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Fahrradparkplatz (German): bicycle parking lot
Definitions
- bicycle parking lot
Ancestry of “Fahrradparkplatz”, step by step
Fahrradparkplatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fahrrad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fahrrad | bicycle |
| 2 | German | rad | wheel |
| 3 | English | rad | Clipping of radical; excellent; A non-SI unit of... |
| 4 | English | radiation | The shooting forth of anything from a point or... |
| 5 | Latin | radiatio | glittering, shining, radiation |
| 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 German Parkplatz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Parkplatz | parking lot, car park; parking space |
| 2 | German | platz | singular imperative of platzen |
| 3 | French | place | place, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;... |
| 4 | Old French | place | place; location |
| 5 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |