Where does “Kammerorchester” come from?
Kammerorchester (German) comes from German kammer, from Middle High German kamer, from Old High German chamara, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati — to bend, to curve.
Kammerorchester (German): chamber orchestra
Definitions
- chamber orchestra
Ancestry of “Kammerorchester”, step by step
Kammerorchester traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kammer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kammer | chamber; room |
| 2 | Middle High German | kamer | — |
| 3 | Old High German | chamara | — |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via German Orchester
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Orchester | orchestra |
| 2 | French | orchestre | orchestra, band; stalls |
| 3 | Latin | orchēstra | orchestra area in front of a stage |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀρχήστρα | space on which the chorus danced, orchestra |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |