Where does “Reibungskoeffizient” come from?
Reibungskoeffizient (German) comes from German Koeffizient, from Latin coefficiens, from Latin coefficio, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Reibungskoeffizient (German): coefficient of friction
Definitions
- coefficient of friction
Ancestry of “Reibungskoeffizient”, step by step
Reibungskoeffizient traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Koeffizient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Koeffizient | coefficient |
| 2 | Latin | coefficiens | coefficient |
| 3 | Latin | coefficio | — |
| 4 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Reibung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Reibung | friction |
| 2 | German | reiben | to rub; to chafe; to grate |
| 3 | Middle High German | rīben | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rīban | to rub |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wrīban | to rub; to wipe |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wrībaną | to rub; to wipe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | werp- | to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |