Where does “Hierarchiestruktur” come from?
Hierarchiestruktur (German) comes from German Hierarchie, from Latin hierarchia, from Ancient Greek ἱεραρχία, from Ancient Greek ἱεράρχης, from Ancient Greek -άρχης, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Hierarchiestruktur (German): hierarchy structure
Definitions
- hierarchy structure
Ancestry of “Hierarchiestruktur”, step by step
Hierarchiestruktur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Hierarchie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hierarchie | hierarchy (body of ruling officials) |
| 2 | Latin | hierarchia | hierarchy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἱεραρχία | spiritual superiority; prelacy, prelature;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἱεράρχης | high priest; hierarch; bishop |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -άρχης | -arch |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via German Struktur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Struktur | structure |
| 2 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 3 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |