Where does “Haftpflichtversicherung” come from?
Haftpflichtversicherung (German) comes from German Versicherung, from German versichern, from Italian assicurare, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Haftpflichtversicherung (German): liability insurance
Definitions
- liability insurance
Ancestry of “Haftpflichtversicherung”, step by step
Haftpflichtversicherung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Versicherung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Versicherung | insurance; an insurance policy; an insurance... |
| 2 | German | versichern | to insure; to reassure, assure |
| 3 | Italian | assicurare | to assure, guarantee; to ensure, provide; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *assēcūrāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German Haftpflicht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Haftpflicht | liability |
| 2 | German | haften | to stick; to be liable |
| 3 | German | haft | arrest, custody, imprisonment the state of being confined by order of a government or ruler |
| 4 | Middle High German | haft | captive, imprisonment, chain; imprisonment; chain... |
| 5 | Old High German | haft | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haftaz | captive, bound |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂ptós | grabbed |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |