Where does “Raucherpause” come from?
Raucherpause (German) comes from German Raucher, from German rauchen, from French fumer, from Middle French fumer, from Latin fumare, from Latin fumo, from Latin fumus, from Proto-Italic fūmos — smoke; mist, haze.
Raucherpause (German): cigarette break
Definitions
- cigarette break
Ancestry of “Raucherpause”, step by step
Raucherpause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Raucher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Raucher | agent noun of rauchen; smoker |
| 2 | German | rauchen | to smoke |
| 3 | French | fumer | to smoke; to emit smoke; to steam |
| 4 | Middle French | fumer | to smoke |
| 5 | Latin | fumare | present active infinitive of fūmō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | fumo | I smoke, steam, fume |
| 7 | Latin | fumus | smoke, steam; indication, sign |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fūmos | smoke |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰuh₂mós | smoke |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via German pause
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | pause | pause, break |
| 2 | Middle High German | pūse | — |
| 3 | Middle French | pause | pause (brief cessation) |
| 4 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |