Where does “Vitalkapazität” come from?

Vitalkapazität (German) comes from German Kapazität, from Latin capācitās, from Latin capāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Vitalkapazität (German): vital capacity

Definitions

  1. vital capacity

Ancestry of “Vitalkapazität”, step by step

Vitalkapazität traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kapazität

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKapazitätcapacity
2Latincapācitāscapability; capacity
3LatincapāxThat can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy
4Latin-āxish, -y
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via German vital

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvitallively; hale; vigorous; vital
2Latinvītālisof or pertaining to life; vital, life-giving
3Latinvītalife
4Latinvīvōto live
5Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius