Where does “Mineralvorkommen” come from?
Mineralvorkommen (German) comes from German Mineral, from Medieval Latin minerale, from Latin minera, from Middle French miniere, from Middle French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
Mineralvorkommen (German): mineral resource
Definitions
- mineral resource
Ancestry of “Mineralvorkommen”, step by step
Mineralvorkommen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Mineral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mineral | mineral |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | minerale | mineral, ore, mine; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | minera | mine; vein; mineral |
| 4 | Middle French | miniere | underground passage or area |
| 5 | Middle French | -ier | Alternative form of -er |
| 6 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German vorkommen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | vorkommen | to occur, happen; to seem, appear; to appear, to... |
| 2 | German | vor- | pre- |
| 3 | Middle High German | vor- | — |
| 4 | Old High German | fora- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |