Where does “Synchronschwimmen” come from?
Synchronschwimmen (German) comes from German synchron, from German synchronisch, from Latin synchronus, from Ancient Greek σύγχρονος, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún — beside, with.
Synchronschwimmen (German): synchronized swimming
Definitions
- synchronized swimming
Ancestry of “Synchronschwimmen”, step by step
Synchronschwimmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German synchron
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | synchron | synchronous; synchronic |
| 2 | German | synchronisch | synchronic |
| 3 | Latin | synchronus | contemporary, synchronic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σύγχρονος | contemporary; synchronous; simultaneous;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | beside, with |
via German Schwimmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schwimmen | gerund of schwimmen; swim, the act of swimming |
| 2 | Middle High German | swimmen | to swim |
| 3 | Old High German | swimman | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | swimman | to swim |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |