Where does “Nobelpreis” come from?
Nobelpreis (German) comes from German Nobel, from French noble, from Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Nobelpreis (German): Nobel Prize
Definitions
- Nobel Prize
Ancestry of “Nobelpreis”, step by step
Nobelpreis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Nobel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nobel | noble, honourable |
| 2 | French | noble | noble, aristocratic; non-synthetic, natural;... |
| 3 | Old French | noble | noble; upper-class; well-bred |
| 4 | Latin | nōbilis | noble, high-born |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |