Where does “Reaktionsfähigkeit” come from?
Reaktionsfähigkeit (German) comes from German Reaktion, from Latin reactio, from Latin reago, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
Reaktionsfähigkeit (German): reactivity; responsiveness
Definitions
- reactivity; responsiveness
Ancestry of “Reaktionsfähigkeit”, step by step
Reaktionsfähigkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Reaktion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Reaktion | response; reaction |
| 2 | Latin | reactio | reaction |
| 3 | Latin | reago | I act upon again, I do again; I react |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German Fähigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fähigkeit | ability, capability |
| 2 | German | -keit | Alternative form of -heit; -ness, -ty; -ty |
| 3 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 5 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |