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Where does “Rentenversicherung” come from?

Rentenversicherung (German) comes from German Versicherung, from German versichern, from Italian assicurare, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

Rentenversicherung (German): pension / annuity insurance

Definitions

  1. pension / annuity insurance

Ancestry of “Rentenversicherung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVersicherunginsurance; an insurance policy; an insurance...
2Germanversichernto insure; to reassure, assure
3Italianassicurareto assure, guarantee; to ensure, provide; to...
4Vulgar Latin*assēcūrāre—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →