Where does “Fraktionsvorsitzender” come from?
Fraktionsvorsitzender (German) comes from German Fraktion, from French fraction, from Old French fraction, from Latin fractio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Fraktionsvorsitzender (German): party whip, floor leader
Definitions
- party whip, floor leader
Ancestry of “Fraktionsvorsitzender”, step by step
Fraktionsvorsitzender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fraktion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fraktion | fraction; faction |
| 2 | French | fraction | fraction; fraction, breakup |
| 3 | Old French | fraction | — |
| 4 | Latin | fractio | the action of breaking; fraction |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Vorsitzender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vorsitzender | chairman, chairperson, chair, board chairman;... |
| 2 | Latin | praeses | sitting before; protector, guard, guardian,... |
| 3 | Latin | praesideo | I sit before or in front of; I sit beforehand; I... |
| 4 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |