Where does “Spekulationsobjekt” come from?
Spekulationsobjekt (German) comes from German Spekulation, from Middle Dutch speculacie, from Latin speculātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Spekulationsobjekt (German): An object of speculation
Definitions
- An object of speculation
Ancestry of “Spekulationsobjekt”, step by step
Spekulationsobjekt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Spekulation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spekulation | speculation |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | speculacie | — |
| 3 | Latin | speculātiō | watching, spying |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Objekt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Objekt | object |
| 2 | Latin | obiectum | A charge, accusation |
| 3 | Latin | obiectus | offered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed |
| 4 | Latin | obiciō | to throw or put to, towards, in front of or before |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |