Where does “Sperrrad” come from?
Sperrrad (German) comes from German rad, from English rad, from English radiation, from Latin radiatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Sperrrad (German): ratchet wheel
Definitions
- ratchet wheel
Ancestry of “Sperrrad”, step by step
Sperrrad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German rad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rad | wheel |
| 2 | English | rad | Clipping of radical; excellent; A non-SI unit of... |
| 3 | English | radiation | The shooting forth of anything from a point or... |
| 4 | Latin | radiatio | glittering, shining, radiation |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German sperren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sperren | to bar; to space out the letters of a word or... |
| 2 | Middle High German | sperren | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sperran | to put up rafters, beams; to barricade |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijaną | to bar, to block |