Where does “Festplatte” come from?
Festplatte (German) comes from German platte, from Middle High German platte, from Old High German platta, from Vulgar Latin platta, from Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.
Festplatte (German): hard disk, harddisk
Definitions
- hard disk, harddisk
Ancestry of “Festplatte”, step by step
Festplatte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German platte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | platte | |
| 2 | Middle High German | platte | — |
| 3 | Old High German | platta | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 5 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via German fëst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fëst | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | fëst | — |
| 3 | Latin | festum | a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast |
| 4 | Latin | fēstus | Of or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fēstos | — |
via English hard disk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hard disk | One of a series of parallel magnetic recording... |