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

  1. endowment insurance

Ancestry of “Kapitalversicherung”, step by step

Kapitalversicherung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Versicherung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVersicherunginsurance; an insurance policy; an insurance...
2Germanversichernto insure; to reassure, assure
3Italianassicurareto assure, guarantee; to ensure, provide; to...
4Vulgar Latin*assēcūrāre
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via German kapital

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankapitalcapital
2ItaliancapitaleOf or pertaining to the head; primary, prime,...
3Polishkapitałprincipal
4EnglishcapitalAlready-produced durable goods available for use...
5Frenchcapitalcapital money and wealth
6Latincapitālisof the head or life
7Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
8Proto-Italickaputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én