Where does “Sekundärsektor” come from?
Sekundärsektor (German) comes from German sekundär, from French secondaire, from Latin secundārius, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
Sekundärsektor (German): secondary sector the sector of an economy concerned with the processing of raw materials into finished goods
Definitions
- secondary sector the sector of an economy concerned with the processing of raw materials into finished goods
Ancestry of “Sekundärsektor”, step by step
Sekundärsektor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German sekundär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sekundär | secondary; subsidiary |
| 2 | French | secondaire | secondary |
| 3 | Latin | secundārius | second-class, second-rate, of inferior quality |
| 4 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 5 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |