Where does “Volksaktie” come from?
Volksaktie (German) comes from German Aktie, from Dutch actie, from Latin āctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Volksaktie (German): a type of share aimed at small investors, historically used for the privatization of state assets
Definitions
- a type of share aimed at small investors, historically used for the privatization of state assets
Ancestry of “Volksaktie”, step by step
Volksaktie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Aktie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Aktie | share, stock |
| 2 | Dutch | actie | action, activity, movement; especially a... |
| 3 | Latin | āctiō | action; a doing or performing, behavior |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 2 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |