Where does “Oberleitungsbus” come from?
Oberleitungsbus (German) comes from German Oberleitung, from German Ober, from German Oberkellner, from German Kellner, from Middle High German kelnære, from Old High German kelnere, from Medieval Latin cellenarius, from Latin cellārium.
Oberleitungsbus (German): trolley bus
Definitions
- trolley bus
Ancestry of “Oberleitungsbus”, step by step
Oberleitungsbus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Oberleitung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Oberleitung | catenary, overhead line |
| 2 | German | Ober | waiter; over knave, queen |
| 3 | German | Oberkellner | head waiter |
| 4 | German | Kellner | waiter |
| 5 | Middle High German | kelnære | — |
| 6 | Old High German | kelnere | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | cellenarius | cellar administrator; cellarman |
| 8 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 9 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 10 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via German Bus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bus | bus public transport |
| 2 | English | bus | A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of... |
| 3 | English | omnibus | A vehicle set up to carry many people; An... |
| 4 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 5 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 6 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |