Where does “Weltraumteleskop” come from?
Weltraumteleskop (German) comes from German Teleskop, from Latin telescopium, from Italian telescopio, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Weltraumteleskop (German): space telescope
Definitions
- space telescope
Ancestry of “Weltraumteleskop”, step by step
Weltraumteleskop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Teleskop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Teleskop | telescope |
| 2 | Latin | telescopium | a telescope |
| 3 | Italian | telescopio | telescope |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τηλεσκόπος | far-seeing |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via German Weltraum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Weltraum | space |
| 2 | German | welt | world |
| 3 | Middle High German | werlt | world |
| 4 | Old High German | weralt | world |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | weraldi | world |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |