Where does “Raketentechnik” come from?

Raketentechnik (German) comes from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Raketentechnik (German): rocketry, rocket science

Definitions

  1. rocketry, rocket science

Ancestry of “Raketentechnik”, step by step

Raketentechnik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Rakete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRaketerocket, missile
2Italianrocchettaincendiary rocket
3Italianrocchettospool; reel; coil
4Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
5English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
6Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
7Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
8Latin-ātused
9Proto-Italic-ātos
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via German Technik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTechniktechnique; technology
2Frenchtechniquetechnical; technique, technology
3Latintechnicustechnical
4Ancient Greekτεχνικόςtechnical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining...
5Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Italian -etto
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