Where does “Stufenprüfung” come from?
Stufenprüfung (German) comes from German prüfung, from German prüfen, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus, from Proto-Indo-European pro-bhwo-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
Stufenprüfung (German): level test, level examination; step stress test
Definitions
- level test, level examination; step stress test
Ancestry of “Stufenprüfung”, step by step
Stufenprüfung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German prüfung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | prüfung | an official test or examination on a subject |
| 2 | German | prüfen | to examine |
| 3 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 5 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German Stufe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stufe | step, tread; degree, stage, level, rank, phase;... |
| 2 | Italian | stufa | feminine singular of stufo; stove; third-person... |
| 3 | Italian | stufare | to stew; to bore or weary |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | stupha | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τῦφος | a kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύφω | to smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dhubh- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dheu- | scatter like dust |