Where does “Wertekompass” come from?
Wertekompass (German) comes from German Kompass, from Italian compasso, from Medieval Latin compassus, from Italian compassare, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Wertekompass (German): moral compass inner sense which distinguishes what is right from what is wrong
Definitions
- moral compass inner sense which distinguishes what is right from what is wrong
Ancestry of “Wertekompass”, step by step
Wertekompass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kompass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kompass | compass |
| 2 | Italian | compasso | compass, pair of compasses; calipers, callipers |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | compassus | a circle, a circuit; suffered; pitied |
| 4 | Italian | compassare | measure with a pair of compasses |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German wert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wert | worth something, worthy of something; worthy of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | wert | worthy, valuable, noble |
| 3 | Old High German | werd | worth |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |