Where does “Hilfsaktion” come from?

Hilfsaktion (German) comes from German Aktion, from Latin āctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Hilfsaktion (German): relief operation, relief action

Definitions

  1. relief operation, relief action

Ancestry of “Hilfsaktion”, step by step

Hilfsaktion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Aktion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAktionaction
2Latināctiōaction; a doing or performing, behavior
3Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
4Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
5Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
6Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via German Hilfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHilfehelp
2Middle High Germanhilfe
3Old High Germanhilfa
4Proto-Germanichilpizhelp
5Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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