Where does “Relativitätsprinzip” come from?

Relativitätsprinzip (German) comes from German Prinzip, from Latin prīncipium, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Relativitätsprinzip (German): principle of relativity

Definitions

  1. principle of relativity

Ancestry of “Relativitätsprinzip”, step by step

Relativitätsprinzip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Prinzip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPrinzipprinciple
2Latinprīncipiuma beginning, an origin, a commencement
3Latinprīncepsfirst, foremost
4Latinprimoceps
5Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
6Proto-Italickapiōtake
7Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
8Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via German Relativität

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRelativitätrelativity
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-
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