Where does “Tragflächenprofil” come from?
Tragflächenprofil (German) comes from German Profil, from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον — he, she.
Tragflächenprofil (German): airfoil
Definitions
- airfoil
Ancestry of “Tragflächenprofil”, step by step
Tragflächenprofil traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Profil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Profil | profile |
| 2 | French | profil | profile |
| 3 | Italian | profilo | profile; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Italian | profilare | to outline; to edge; to shape |
| 5 | Italian | filare | to spin; to draw; to pay out |
| 6 | Italian | filo | thread; yarn; string |
| 7 | Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Tragfläche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tragfläche | wing, planform, airfoil, hydrofoil |
| 2 | German | tragen | to carry; to bear, to carry; to bear, to pay |
| 3 | Middle High German | tragen | to bear, to carry |
| 4 | Old High German | tragan | to bear; to bear fruit |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |