Where does “Salamitaktik” come from?
Salamitaktik (German) comes from Hungarian szalámitaktika, from Hungarian taktika, from Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτική, from Ancient Greek τακτικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
Salamitaktik (German): salami tactics, salami technique
Definitions
- salami tactics, salami technique
Ancestry of “Salamitaktik”, step by step
Salamitaktik traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian szalámitaktika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szalámitaktika | salami tactics |
| 2 | Hungarian | taktika | tactics |
| 3 | Latin | tactica | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τακτική | tactics |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τακτικός | fit for ordering or arranging, especially in war;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via German Taktik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Taktik | tactic, tactics, policy |
| 2 | French | tactique | tactic; tactical |
via German salami
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | salami | salami |