Where does “Lebensversicherung” come from?
Lebensversicherung (German) comes from German Versicherung, from German versichern, from Italian assicurare, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Lebensversicherung (German): life insurance, life assurance
Definitions
- life insurance, life assurance
Ancestry of “Lebensversicherung”, step by step
Lebensversicherung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Versicherung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Versicherung | insurance; an insurance policy; an insurance... |
| 2 | German | versichern | to insure; to reassure, assure |
| 3 | Italian | assicurare | to assure, guarantee; to ensure, provide; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *assēcūrāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German lebēn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lebēn | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | leben | to live |
| 3 | Old High German | lebēn | to live; life |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | libbjan | to live, to be alive |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | libjaną | to live, to be alive |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyp- | to stick; fat or sticky substance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |