Where does “Sanitätstruppe” come from?

Sanitätstruppe (German) comes from German truppe, from French troupe, from French troupeau, from Middle French trope, from Old French trope, from Medieval Latin troppus, from Proto-Germanic þurpą, from Proto-Indo-European treb- — settlement, dwelling; to build, dwell.

Sanitätstruppe (German): medical corps

Definitions

  1. medical corps

Ancestry of “Sanitätstruppe”, step by step

Sanitätstruppe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German truppe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantruppetroupe (company of actors, etc.)
2Frenchtroupetroop
3Frenchtroupeauherd (of horses, bulls, elephants, buffalo etc.)
4Middle Frenchtrope
5Old Frenchtropeband, company, troop
6Medieval Latintroppusflock; herd, flock
7Proto-Germanicþurpąvillage, rural settlement; gathering of people;...
8Proto-Indo-Europeantreb-settlement, dwelling; to build, dwell

via German Sanität

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSanitätmilitary health care; medical corps; ambulance
2Latinsānitāshealth, soundness of body, healing
3Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European treb-