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Where does “Kontrolle” come from?

Kontrolle (German) comes from French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ, from Classical Syriac ܠܝܛܪܐ.

Kontrolle (German): inspection; control

Definitions

  1. inspection; control

Ancestry of “Kontrolle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcontrôlecontrol; test; first-person singular present...
2Old Frenchcontrerole—
3Medieval Latincontrarotuluma counter-roll or register used to verify...
4Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
5Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
6Arabicرَطْل—
7Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
8Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
9Frenchlitrelitre
10Medieval Latinlitra—
11Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
12Proto-Italic*līðrā—

Words derived from “Kontrolle”

  • Kontrollbox
  • Flusskontrolle
  • Kontrollkästchen
  • Kontrollraum
  • Geburtenkontrolle
  • Kontrollstab
  • Kontrollgruppe
  • Kapitalverkehrskontrolle
  • kontroll
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