Where does “Infektionskrankheit” come from?
Infektionskrankheit (German) comes from German Infektion, from French infection, from Old French infection, from Latin infectio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Infektionskrankheit (German): infectious disease
Definitions
- infectious disease
Ancestry of “Infektionskrankheit”, step by step
Infektionskrankheit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Infektion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Infektion | infection |
| 2 | French | infection | infection; stench, stink |
| 3 | Old French | infection | infection |
| 4 | Latin | infectio | infection |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Krankheit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Krankheit | sickness, illness; disease |
| 2 | Middle High German | krancheit | sickness, illness, infirmity |
| 3 | Middle High German | kranc | — |
| 4 | Old High German | krank | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | krank | weak, sick |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krankaz | bent; crooked; weak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |