Where does “Tröpfchenmodell” come from?
Tröpfchenmodell (German) comes from German Modell, from Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Tröpfchenmodell (German): droplet model
Definitions
- droplet model
Ancestry of “Tröpfchenmodell”, step by step
Tröpfchenmodell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Modell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Modell | A model of an object; A theoretical model |
| 2 | Italian | modello | model; mould, mold; pattern |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | modellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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... |