Where does “Wahrscheinlichkeitspapier” come from?
Wahrscheinlichkeitspapier (German) comes from German Wahrscheinlichkeit, from German wahrscheinlich, from Dutch waarschijnlijk, from French vraisemblable, from French vrai, from Old French verai, from Late Latin vērāgus, from Latin vērāx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Wahrscheinlichkeitspapier (German): normal probability paper
Definitions
- normal probability paper
Ancestry of “Wahrscheinlichkeitspapier”, step by step
Wahrscheinlichkeitspapier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wahrscheinlichkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wahrscheinlichkeit | probability |
| 2 | German | wahrscheinlich | likely, probable, plausible; probably, likely |
| 3 | Dutch | waarschijnlijk | probably; probable, likely |
| 4 | French | vraisemblable | plausible, likely |
| 5 | French | vrai | true; real; truth |
| 6 | Old French | verai | real; genuine |
| 7 | Late Latin | vērāgus | — |
| 8 | Latin | vērāx | truthful |
| 9 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 10 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 11 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via German papier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | papier | paper material |
| 2 | Middle High German | papier | — |
| 3 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 4 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 5 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |