Where does “Laufzettel” come from?
Laufzettel (German) comes from German Zettel, from German zeddel, from German zedele, from Italian cedola, from Medieval Latin cedula, from Latin schedula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Laufzettel (German): routing slip, circulation slip piece of paper to be signed or filled in sequentially by different persons or departments
Definitions
- routing slip, circulation slip piece of paper to be signed or filled in sequentially by different persons or departments
Ancestry of “Laufzettel”, step by step
Laufzettel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zettel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zettel | a small or loose piece of paper, slip; note,... |
| 2 | German | zeddel | — |
| 3 | German | zedele | — |
| 4 | Italian | cedola | counterfoil; coupon, voucher |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | cedula | Alternative form of schedula |
| 6 | Latin | schedula | leaf of paper |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |