Where does “Kapitalversicherung” come from?
Kapitalversicherung (German) comes from German Versicherung, from German versichern, from Italian assicurare, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Kapitalversicherung (German): endowment insurance
Definitions
- endowment insurance
Ancestry of “Kapitalversicherung”, step by step
Kapitalversicherung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Versicherung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Versicherung | insurance; an insurance policy; an insurance... |
| 2 | German | versichern | to insure; to reassure, assure |
| 3 | Italian | assicurare | to assure, guarantee; to ensure, provide; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *assēcūrāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |