Where does “Formatgröße” come from?

Formatgröße (German) comes from German Größe, from Middle High German grœze, from Old High German grōzī, from Proto-Germanic grautį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Formatgröße (German): format size

Definitions

  1. format size

Ancestry of “Formatgröße”, step by step

Formatgröße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Größe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrößesize; greatness; quantity
2Middle High Germangrœze—
3Old High Germangrōzīsize
4Proto-Germanicgrautį̄greatness; largeness; size
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German Format

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFormatstature
2Latinformatusshaped, formed, fashioned, formatted
3Latinfōrmōto shape, form, fashion, format
4Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
5Etruscanmorma—
6Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-Germanic grautį̄ →