Where does “Sekundenmeter” come from?
Sekundenmeter (German) comes from German Meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Sekundenmeter (German): meter per second
Definitions
- meter per second
Ancestry of “Sekundenmeter”, step by step
Sekundenmeter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Meter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Meter | meter unit of length |
| 2 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via German Sekunde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sekunde | A unit of time; a second; A unit of angular... |
| 2 | Latin | secunda | inflection of secundus: ## feminine... |
| 3 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 4 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |