Where does “Win-win-Situation” come from?
Win-win-Situation (German) comes from German Situation, from French situation, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Win-win-Situation (German): win-win situation
Definitions
- win-win situation
Ancestry of “Win-win-Situation”, step by step
Win-win-Situation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Situation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Situation | situation, circumstances; setting |
| 2 | French | situation | situation all meanings |
| 3 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 4 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 5 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English win-win
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | win-win | That benefits both or all parties, or that has... |