Where does “Hauptgruppenelement” come from?
Hauptgruppenelement (German) comes from German Hauptgruppe, from German gruppe, from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, from Vulgar Latin cruppo, from Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Hauptgruppenelement (German): main group element
Definitions
- main group element
Ancestry of “Hauptgruppenelement”, step by step
Hauptgruppenelement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Hauptgruppe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hauptgruppe | main group |
| 2 | German | gruppe | group |
| 3 | French | groupe | group |
| 4 | Italian | gruppo | group, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cruppo | — |
| 6 | Renaissance Latin | grupus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via German Element
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Element | element; element; essential component; force of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | element | — |
| 3 | Latin | elementum | one of four elements that composed the world;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στοιχεῖον | one of a row; one of a series, a component part,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στοῖχος | row in an ascending series; a line of poles... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | stóikʰos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stóygʰ-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steygʰ- | to go; to climb |