Where does “Rundfunkgebühr” come from?
Rundfunkgebühr (German) comes from German Rundfunk, from German Rund, from French rond, from Old French reont, from Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota — to run.
Rundfunkgebühr (German): broadcasting fee, licence fee
Definitions
- broadcasting fee, licence fee
Ancestry of “Rundfunkgebühr”, step by step
Rundfunkgebühr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rundfunk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rundfunk | broadcasting; radio |
| 2 | German | Rund | round |
| 3 | French | rond | round; drunk; circle |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 8 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |
via German Gebühr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gebühr | fee |