Where does “Präsidentschaftsdebatte” come from?
Präsidentschaftsdebatte (German) comes from German Debatte, from French débattre, from Middle French debatre, from Old French debatre, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Präsidentschaftsdebatte (German): presidential debate
Definitions
- presidential debate
Ancestry of “Präsidentschaftsdebatte”, step by step
Präsidentschaftsdebatte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Debatte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Debatte | debate |
| 2 | French | débattre | to negotiate; to discuss, debate; to struggle |
| 3 | Middle French | debatre | — |
| 4 | Old French | debatre | to fight, contend, debate, also literarlly to... |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Präsidentschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Präsidentschaft | presidency |
| 2 | German | -schaft | -ship, -hood |
| 3 | Old High German | -skaft | ship |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |