Where does “Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung” come from?
Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung (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.
Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung (German): probability theory
Definitions
- probability theory
Ancestry of “Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung”, step by step
Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung 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 Rechnung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rechnung | bill, restaurant bill; a reckoning, calculation;... |
| 2 | German | rechnen | to count, reckon, calculate, compute; to expect |
| 3 | Middle High German | rechenen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rehhanōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rekanōną | to count; to explain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |