Where does “Kreissegment” come from?

Kreissegment (German) comes from German Segment, from Latin segmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Kreissegment (German): circular segment

Definitions

  1. circular segment

Ancestry of “Kreissegment”, step by step

Kreissegment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Segment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSegmentsegment
2Latinsegmentuma cutting, cut; slice, piece; a segment, strip or...
3Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
4Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via German Kreis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKreiscircle; range, scope; a type of territorial...
2Middle High Germankreiz
3Old High Germankreiz
4Proto-GermanickraitazA scoring; circle; ring
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥