Where does “Großraumbüro” come from?
Großraumbüro (German) comes from German Büro, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Großraumbüro (German): open-plan office
Definitions
- open-plan office
Ancestry of “Großraumbüro”, step by step
Großraumbüro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Büro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Büro | office room; a collective or individual working... |
| 2 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 3 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 4 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via German Großraum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Großraum | wider area of a city, metropolitan area |
| 2 | German | groß | big, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall |
| 3 | English | daddy | Father; A male lover; An informal term of address... |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |