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Where does “Sockel” come from?

Sockel (German) comes from French socle, from Italian zoccolo, from Latin socculus, from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος — a kind of shoe.

Sockel (German): base; pedestal, plinth; socket for a chip or CPU

Definitions

  1. base; pedestal, plinth; socket for a chip or CPU

Ancestry of “Sockel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsocleplinth, pedestal, socle; basis, foundation, core...
2Italianzoccolohoof; clog; plinth
3Latinsocculus—
4Latinsoccusslipper; comedy
5Ancient Greekσύκχοςa kind of shoe

Words derived from “Sockel”

  • сокл
  • цокл
Every word from Ancient Greek σύκχος →