Where does “Monopolstellung” come from?
Monopolstellung (German) comes from German Stellung, from German Stellen, from Middle High German stellen, from Old High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
Monopolstellung (German): monopoly position, monopolistic standing a market situation where a single entity has sufficient control of a particular product or service to determine the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it
Definitions
- monopoly position, monopolistic standing a market situation where a single entity has sufficient control of a particular product or service to determine the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it
Ancestry of “Monopolstellung”, step by step
Monopolstellung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Stellung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stellung | position |
| 2 | German | Stellen | gerund of stellen; plural of Stelle |
| 3 | Middle High German | stellen | to put, to place |
| 4 | Old High German | stellen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stalljan | to put, to place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via German Monopol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Monopol | monopoly; monopole |
| 2 | Latin | monopōlium | A right of exclusive sale in dealing or selling a thing |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μονοπώλιον | right of monopoly; an entity possessing a... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μόνος | alone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σπέρμα | seed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *spérmə | — |