Where does “Leistungsfaktor” come from?
Leistungsfaktor (German) comes from German Leistung, from German leisten, from Middle High German leisten, from Old High German leisten, from Proto-Germanic laistijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
Leistungsfaktor (German): power factor
Definitions
- power factor
Ancestry of “Leistungsfaktor”, step by step
Leistungsfaktor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Leistung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Leistung | performance, accomplishment; service; contractual... |
| 2 | German | leisten | to perform; to afford |
| 3 | Middle High German | leisten | — |
| 4 | Old High German | leisten | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | laistijaną | to follow, to track; to pursue |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Faktor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Faktor | factor |
| 2 | Latin | factor | One who or which does or makes something; doer,... |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |