Where does “Infektionszahl” come from?
Infektionszahl (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.
Infektionszahl (German): any of a couple of statistical quantities related to the number of infections: number of new infections; percentage of infected etc
Definitions
- any of a couple of statistical quantities related to the number of infections: number of new infections; percentage of infected etc
Ancestry of “Infektionszahl”, step by step
Infektionszahl 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 zahl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zahl | singular imperative of zahlen; first-person... |
| 2 | Latvian | zāle | grass; weed; herb |
| 3 | German | Saal | hall or large room |
| 4 | Middle High German | sal | — |
| 5 | Old High German | sal | house, hall; dwelling, house, entrance hall;... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sāli | happiness, prosperity; proper, appropriate time |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | saliz | house; dwelling; hall; room |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sol- | whole |