Where does “Investitionsoffensive” come from?
Investitionsoffensive (German) comes from German Investition, from German investieren, from English invest, from English investigate, from English investigation, from Latin investīgātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Investitionsoffensive (German): investment push, capex offensive a strategic and massive increase in capital expenditure by a company or industry to gain market share, enter new markets, or achieve technological leadership
Definitions
- investment push, capex offensive a strategic and massive increase in capital expenditure by a company or industry to gain market share, enter new markets, or achieve technological leadership
Ancestry of “Investitionsoffensive”, step by step
Investitionsoffensive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Investition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Investition | investment (a placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use) |
| 2 | German | investieren | to invest |
| 3 | English | invest | To spend money, time, or energy on something,... |
| 4 | English | investigate | To inquire into or study in order to ascertain... |
| 5 | English | investigation | The act of investigating; the process of... |
| 6 | Latin | investīgātiō | inquiry, investigation |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German offensive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | offensive | offensive (posture of attacking or being able to attack) |
| 2 | French | offensive | feminine singular of offensif; An offensive |
| 3 | French | offense | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | offēnsā | offense, violation of law |
| 5 | Latin | offenso | I strike or dash against; I falter, stumble over... |
| 6 | Latin | offendō | to hit, thrust, strike against something |
| 7 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 8 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |