Where does “Informationsdienst” come from?

Informationsdienst (German) comes from German Information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Informationsdienst (German): helpline

Definitions

  1. helpline

Ancestry of “Informationsdienst”, step by step

Informationsdienst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Information

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanInformationa piece of information; information;...
2Latinīnfōrmātiōsketch, idea, conception
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 dienst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandienstsecond-person singular present of dienen
2Middle High Germandienst
3Old High Germandionest
4Proto-Germanicþewanōstazservice
5Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ