Where does “Privatkapital” come from?
Privatkapital (German) comes from German privat, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er.
Privatkapital (German): private capital capital owned or invested by private individuals or non-governmental entities
Definitions
- private capital capital owned or invested by private individuals or non-governmental entities
Ancestry of “Privatkapital”, step by step
Privatkapital traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German privat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | privat | private |
| 2 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 3 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 4 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 5 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 6 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 7 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 8 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 9 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
via German kapital
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kapital | capital |
| 2 | Italian | capitale | Of or pertaining to the head; primary, prime,... |
| 3 | Polish | kapitał | principal |
| 4 | English | capital | Already-produced durable goods available for use... |
| 5 | French | capital | capital money and wealth |
| 6 | Latin | capitālis | of the head or life |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |