Where does “Minutentakt” come from?

Minutentakt (German) comes from German Takt, from French tact, from Latin tāctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Minutentakt (German): minute interval

Definitions

  1. minute interval

Ancestry of “Minutentakt”, step by step

Minutentakt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Takt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTakttact; time; bar, measure
2Frenchtacttact
3Latintāctustouched, having been touched, grasped, having been grasped
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via German minute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanminuteminute unit of time; unit of angle
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →