Where does “Wirkfaktor” come from?
Wirkfaktor (German) comes from German Faktor, from Latin factor, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
Wirkfaktor (German): effective factor
Definitions
- effective factor
Ancestry of “Wirkfaktor”, step by step
Wirkfaktor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Faktor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Faktor | factor |
| 2 | Latin | factor | One who or which does or makes something; doer,... |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via German wirken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wirken | to work; to be effective; to take effect |
| 2 | Middle High German | wirken | — |
| 3 | Old High German | wirken | to manufacture by sowing, stitching or weaving |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wirkijan | to work; to make |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wirkijaną | to make, produce; to effect, make happen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |