Where does “Kapitalmaßnahme” come from?
Kapitalmaßnahme (German) comes from German kapital, from Italian capitale, from Polish kapitał, from English capital, from French capital, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
Kapitalmaßnahme (German): corporate action, capital measure any event initiated by a public company that brings about a material change to its securities or financial structure
Definitions
- corporate action, capital measure any event initiated by a public company that brings about a material change to its securities or financial structure
Ancestry of “Kapitalmaßnahme”, step by step
Kapitalmaßnahme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kapital
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kapital | capital |
| 2 | Italian | capitale | Of or pertaining to the head; primary, prime,... |
| 3 | Polish | kapitał | principal |
| 4 | English | capital | Already-produced durable goods available for use... |
| 5 | French | capital | capital money and wealth |
| 6 | Latin | capitālis | of the head or life |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via German Maßnahme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Maßnahme | measure |
| 2 | German | maßnehmen | to measure (with a measuring tape), to take measure |
| 3 | German | nehmen | to take (something into one's possession or on one's body) |
| 4 | Middle High German | nëmen | to take |
| 5 | Old High German | neman | to take |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | neman | to take |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nemaną | to take |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nem- | to distribute; to give, to take |