Where does “Opportunitätskosten” come from?
Opportunitätskosten (German) comes from German Kosten, from Italian costo, from Polish koszt, from Hungarian kösz, from Hungarian köszönöm, from Hungarian -öm, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d — 3rd person plural verb ending.
Opportunitätskosten (German): opportunity cost(s)
Definitions
- opportunity cost(s)
Ancestry of “Opportunitätskosten”, step by step
Opportunitätskosten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kosten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 2 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 3 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 4 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 5 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 7 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 8 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 9 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
via German Opportunität
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Opportunität | opportuneness, appropriateness |
| 2 | French | opportunité | a state of opportuneness; fortuity; a favourable... |
| 3 | Latin | opportūnitās | convenience, fitness |
| 4 | Latin | opportūnus | suitable |
| 5 | Latin | Portus | ” or, later, “Portus Rōmae”}} Portus large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | portus | harbour |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |