Where does “Schmelzpunkterniedrigung” come from?

Schmelzpunkterniedrigung (German) comes from German Schmelzpunkt, from German Punkt, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Schmelzpunkterniedrigung (German): depression of the melting point

Definitions

  1. depression of the melting point

Ancestry of “Schmelzpunkterniedrigung”, step by step

Schmelzpunkterniedrigung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schmelzpunkt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchmelzpunktmelting point
2GermanPunktdot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,...
3Latinpūnctumpoint
4Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via German Erniedrigung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErniedrigunghumiliation, abasement; degradation; lowering,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus