Where does “Krankheitsfaktor” come from?

Krankheitsfaktor (German) comes from German Faktor, from Latin factor, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

Krankheitsfaktor (German): disease factor

Definitions

  1. disease factor

Ancestry of “Krankheitsfaktor”, step by step

Krankheitsfaktor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Faktor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFaktorfactor
2LatinfactorOne who or which does or makes something; doer,...
3Latinfaciōto do
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōriusory
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German Krankheit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKrankheitsickness, illness; disease
2Middle High Germankrancheitsickness, illness, infirmity
3Middle High Germankranc
4Old High Germankrank
5Proto-West Germanickrankweak, sick
6Proto-Germanickrankazbent; crooked; weak
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor