Where does “Widerstandskämpfer” come from?
Widerstandskämpfer (German) comes from German Kämpfer, from French camphre, from Middle French champore, from Old French camphore, from Medieval Latin camphora, from Ancient Greek καμφορά, from Arabic كَافُور, from Malay kapur — lime, calcium.
Widerstandskämpfer (German): resistor
Definitions
- resistor
Ancestry of “Widerstandskämpfer”, step by step
Widerstandskämpfer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kämpfer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kämpfer | agent noun of kämpfen; fighter |
| 2 | French | camphre | camphor |
| 3 | Middle French | champore | — |
| 4 | Old French | camphore | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | camphora | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καμφορά | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كَافُور | — |
| 8 | Malay | kapur | lime |
| 9 | Pahlavi | 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫 | — |
| 10 | Sanskrit | कर्पूर | camphor |
| 11 | Pali | kappūra | camphor |
| 12 | Old Malay | kapur | — |
| 13 | Proto-Malayic | *kapur | — |
| 14 | Proto-Austronesian | qapuʀ | lime, calcium |
via German Widerstand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Widerstand | resistance; resistor |
| 2 | German | widerstehen | to withstand, to resist |
| 3 | German | wider | against |
| 4 | Middle High German | wider | opposite |
| 5 | Old High German | widar | against; ram |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wiþr | toward, against |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wiþrą | toward, against |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wī-tero- | further apart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |