Where does “Störfaktor” come from?

Störfaktor (German) comes from German Faktor, from Latin factor, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

Störfaktor (German): disruptive factor, nuisance factor, disturbing factor

Definitions

  1. disruptive factor, nuisance factor, disturbing factor

Ancestry of “Störfaktor”, step by step

Störfaktor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Faktor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFaktorfactor
2LatinfactorOne who or which does or makes something; doer,...
3Latinfaciōto do
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōriusory
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German stören

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstörento disturb, to interfere, to bother
2Middle High Germanstören
3Old High Germanstōren
4Proto-West Germanic*staurijanto destroy, disturb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s