Where does “Unterhaltungsindustrie” come from?
Unterhaltungsindustrie (German) comes from German Unterhaltung, from German unterhalten, from German halten, from English halt, from Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic halt, from Proto-Germanic haltaz — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.
Unterhaltungsindustrie (German): entertainment industry
Definitions
- entertainment industry
Ancestry of “Unterhaltungsindustrie”, step by step
Unterhaltungsindustrie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Unterhaltung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Unterhaltung | conversation |
| 2 | German | unterhalten | to maintain; to entertain; to converse |
| 3 | German | halten | to hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to... |
| 4 | English | halt | To limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in... |
| 5 | Middle English | halt | Limping, lame, crippled |
| 6 | Old English | healt | lame, limping |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | halt | lame, halt |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haltaz | lame, halt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kol-d- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |
via German Industrie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Industrie | industry |
| 2 | French | industrie | an industry, productive enterprise; a profession;... |
| 3 | Latin | industria | diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;... |
| 4 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 5 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |