Where does “Großdruckbuchstabe” come from?

Großdruckbuchstabe (German) comes from German Druckbuchstabe, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter- — boundary, end.

Großdruckbuchstabe (German): printed character in uppercase

Definitions

  1. printed character in uppercase

Ancestry of “Großdruckbuchstabe”, step by step

Großdruckbuchstabe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Druckbuchstabe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDruckbuchstabeprinted character, block letter
2GermanDruckpressure; print
3Germandrückento press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;...
4Middle High Germandrücken
5Old High Germandrucchento press
6Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
7Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
8Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
9Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
10Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
11Proto-Italictermenos
12Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via German groß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangroßbig, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall
2EnglishdaddyFather; A male lover; An informal term of address...
3English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-