Where does “Mädchenpensionat” come from?
Mädchenpensionat (German) comes from Swedish pensionat, from Romanian pensiona, from French pensionner, from French pension, from Old French pension, from Latin pēnsiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Mädchenpensionat (German): boarding school for girls; finishing school
Definitions
- boarding school for girls; finishing school
Ancestry of “Mädchenpensionat”, step by step
Mädchenpensionat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish pensionat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pensionat | a pension house, a hotel |
| 2 | Romanian | pensiona | to pension, to retire |
| 3 | French | pensionner | to pension |
| 4 | French | pension | A pension, regularly received payment; A pension,... |
| 5 | Old French | pension | Alternative form of panssion; payment, rent |
| 6 | Latin | pēnsiō | payment |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Mädchen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mädchen | girl; maiden |
| 2 | German | Magd | maid; female servant, especially on a farm; girl;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | maget | virgin |
| 4 | Old High German | magad | maiden |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | magaþ | girl |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | magaþs | maiden, girl; virgin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mogʰus | boy; young person; boy-servant?; young person |