Where does “Kontaktdruck” come from?
Kontaktdruck (German) comes from German Kontakt, from Latin contactus, from Latin contingō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Kontaktdruck (German): contact print
Definitions
- contact print
Ancestry of “Kontaktdruck”, step by step
Kontaktdruck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kontakt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kontakt | contact; junction |
| 2 | Latin | contactus | touched on all sides, having been touched on all... |
| 3 | Latin | contingō | to touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Druck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 2 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 4 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |