Where does “Tröpfcheninfektion” come from?
Tröpfcheninfektion (German) comes from German Infektion, from French infection, from Old French infection, from Latin infectio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Tröpfcheninfektion (German): airborne infection, droplet infection
Definitions
- airborne infection, droplet infection
Ancestry of “Tröpfcheninfektion”, step by step
Tröpfcheninfektion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Infektion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Infektion | infection |
| 2 | French | infection | infection; stench, stink |
| 3 | Old French | infection | infection |
| 4 | Latin | infectio | infection |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Tröpfchen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tröpfchen | droplet |
| 2 | German | tropfen | to drop, drip; to leak |
| 3 | Middle High German | tropfen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | tropfo | drop |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | dropō | drop |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | drupô | a drop |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | dreupaną | To droop; drip |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrebʰ- | to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to... |