Where does “Selbstmordattentäter” come from?
Selbstmordattentäter (German) comes from German Attentäter, from German Attentat, from French attentat, from French attenter, from Latin attentare, from Latin attento, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
Selbstmordattentäter (German): suicide attacker; suicide bomber
Definitions
- suicide attacker; suicide bomber
Ancestry of “Selbstmordattentäter”, step by step
Selbstmordattentäter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Attentäter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Attentäter | attacker; assassin |
| 2 | German | Attentat | attack; assassination |
| 3 | French | attentat | attack, assault |
| 4 | French | attenter | to assault |
| 5 | Latin | attentare | present active infinitive of attentō;... |
| 6 | Latin | attento | I strive after, attempt, try, assay, solicit; I... |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German Selbstmord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Selbstmord | suicide |
| 2 | German | mord | murder |
| 3 | Middle High German | mort | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mord | murder |
| 5 | Old English | morþ | death, crime; murder |
| 6 | Old Norse | morð | murder |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | murþą | death; killing, murder |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥tós | dead; mortal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |