Where does “Marktkapitalisierung” come from?

Marktkapitalisierung (German) comes from German Kapitalisierung, from German kapital, from Italian capitale, from Polish kapitał, from English capital, from French capital, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput — to seize, hold.

Marktkapitalisierung (German): market capitalization; market cap

Definitions

  1. market capitalization; market cap

Ancestry of “Marktkapitalisierung”, step by step

Marktkapitalisierung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kapitalisierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKapitalisierungcapitalization the act of providing capital or the resulting capital structure
2Germankapitalcapital
3ItaliancapitaleOf or pertaining to the head; primary, prime,...
4Polishkapitałprincipal
5EnglishcapitalAlready-produced durable goods available for use...
6Frenchcapitalcapital money and wealth
7Latincapitālisof the head or life
8Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
9Proto-Italickaputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
11Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via German Markt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMarktmarket; market town
2Middle High Germanmarketmarket
3Old High Germanmarchātmarket
4Late Latinmarcatus
5Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput
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