Where does “Risikofaktor” come from?

Risikofaktor (German) comes from German Faktor, from Latin factor, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

Risikofaktor (German): risk factor, hazard factor

Definitions

  1. risk factor, hazard factor

Ancestry of “Risikofaktor”, step by step

Risikofaktor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Faktor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFaktorfactor
2LatinfactorOne who or which does or makes something; doer,...
3Latinfaciōto do
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōriusory
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German Risiko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRisikorisk
2Italianrisicofirst-person singular present indicative of...
3ItalianriscoObsolete form of rischio; risk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s