Where does “Möglichkeitsform” come from?
Möglichkeitsform (German) comes from German Form, from Italian forma, from Russian фо́рма, from French forme, from Middle French forme, from Old French forme, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma — shape, form; appearance; outline.
Möglichkeitsform (German): German word for Konjunktiv – the conjunctive mode
Definitions
- German word for Konjunktiv – the conjunctive mode
Ancestry of “Möglichkeitsform”, step by step
Möglichkeitsform traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Form
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Form | shape; form |
| 2 | Italian | forma | form; shape; mould |
| 3 | Russian | фо́рма | form |
| 4 | French | forme | shape; form |
| 5 | Middle French | forme | form |
| 6 | Old French | forme | shape, aspect, form |
| 7 | Latin | fōrma | form; figure, shape, appearance |
| 8 | Etruscan | morma | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μορφή | shape, form; appearance; outline |
via German Möglichkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Möglichkeit | possibility, likelihood; option, choice |
| 2 | German | möglich | possible; potential; likely; a whole bunch of; a... |
| 3 | German | mögen | to like; to want to go; may |
| 4 | Middle High German | mugen | can |
| 5 | Old High German | mugan | can, be able, must, shall, may |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | magan | to be able, may |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maganą | to be able, may |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (me)mógʰe | to have power, to be able to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | megʰ- | to be able |