Where does “Termingeschäft” come from?
Termingeschäft (German) comes from German Termin, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.
Termingeschäft (German): forward contract
Definitions
- forward contract
Ancestry of “Termingeschäft”, step by step
Termingeschäft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Termin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Termin | date; deadline; delivery date |
| 2 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 4 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 5 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via German geschäft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | geschäft | shop, store |
| 2 | German | schaffen | to create; to produce; to make; to cause; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | schaffen | to make, create |
| 4 | Old High German | scaffan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skappjan | to make, to create |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |