Where does “Präsenzdienst” come from?
Präsenzdienst (German) comes from German Präsenz, from French présence, from Latin praesentia, from Latin praesēns, from Latin praeesse, from Latin praesum, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai- — passed , crossed.
Präsenzdienst (German): any kind of service that requires the service provider to be physically present
Definitions
- any kind of service that requires the service provider to be physically present
Ancestry of “Präsenzdienst”, step by step
Präsenzdienst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Präsenz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Präsenz | presence, attendance |
| 2 | French | présence | presence |
| 3 | Latin | praesentia | presence; the state of being present or at hand;... |
| 4 | Latin | praesēns | present, immediate, at hand, existing |
| 5 | Latin | praeesse | present active infinitive of praesum; be in front... |
| 6 | Latin | praesum | I am before something; I preside or rule over; I... |
| 7 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German dienst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dienst | second-person singular present of dienen |
| 2 | Middle High German | dienst | — |
| 3 | Old High German | dionest | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōstaz | service |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |