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
- circular segment
Ancestry of “Kreissegment”, step by step
Kreissegment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Segment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Segment | segment |
| 2 | Latin | segmentum | a cutting, cut; slice, piece; a segment, strip or... |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |