Where does “Taschenkompass” come from?
Taschenkompass (German) comes from German Kompass, from Italian compasso, from Medieval Latin compassus, from Italian compassare, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Taschenkompass (German): pocket compass
Definitions
- pocket compass
Ancestry of “Taschenkompass”, step by step
Taschenkompass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kompass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kompass | compass |
| 2 | Italian | compasso | compass, pair of compasses; calipers, callipers |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | compassus | a circle, a circuit; suffered; pitied |
| 4 | Italian | compassare | measure with a pair of compasses |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German tasche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tasche | bag |
| 2 | Italian | tasca | |
| 3 | Latin | tasca | — |
| 4 | Frankish | taska | pouch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | taskǭ | bag, purse; pouch, pocket |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | das- | — |
| 7 | Translingual | da | — |
| 8 | English | deca- | Greek number... |
| 9 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 10 | Latin | decās | a decade (period of ten years) |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 14 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 15 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 16 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |