Where does “Speiseröhrenkrebs” come from?
Speiseröhrenkrebs (German) comes from German Speiseröhre, from German Speise, from Middle High German spīse, from Old High German spīsa, from Latin spensa, from Latin expēnsa, from Latin expensus, from Latin expendere — stretch.
Speiseröhrenkrebs (German): esophageal cancer
Definitions
- esophageal cancer
Ancestry of “Speiseröhrenkrebs”, step by step
Speiseröhrenkrebs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Speiseröhre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Speiseröhre | esophagus, oesophagus |
| 2 | German | Speise | meal, fare |
| 3 | Middle High German | spīse | — |
| 4 | Old High German | spīsa | meal |
| 5 | Latin | spensa | outlay for provisions, food |
| 6 | Latin | expēnsa | — |
| 7 | Latin | expensus | weighed; paid; judged |
| 8 | Latin | expendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 9 | Latin | expendo | I weigh; I pay out; I judge |
| 10 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 11 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 13 | Latin | tempore | ablative singular of tempus |
| 14 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
via German Krebs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Krebs | crab; cancer; Cancer |
| 2 | Middle High German | krebz | — |
| 3 | Old High German | krebiz | edible crustacean, crab |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | krabit | crustacean |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krabitaz | crustacean |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | grebʰ- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |