Where does “Fassungsvermögen” come from?

Fassungsvermögen (German) comes from German Fassung, from Middle High German fazzunge, from Old High German fazzunga.

Fassungsvermögen (German): capacity

Definitions

  1. capacity

Ancestry of “Fassungsvermögen”, step by step

Fassungsvermögen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fassung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFassunga device which holds something else, e.g. a...
2Middle High Germanfazzunge—
3Old High Germanfazzunga—

via German vermögen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvermögento be able to; may; to cause someone to do...
2Middle High Germanvermügen—
3Old High Germanfirmugan—
Every word from Old High German fazzunga →Every word from Middle High German fazzunge →Every word from German Fassung →