Where does “Wohltätigkeitsorganisation” come from?
Wohltätigkeitsorganisation (German) comes from German Organisation, from French organisation, 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.
Wohltätigkeitsorganisation (German): charity
Definitions
- charity
Ancestry of “Wohltätigkeitsorganisation”, step by step
Wohltätigkeitsorganisation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Organisation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Organisation | organization |
| 2 | French | organisation | organization |
| 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 German Wohltätigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wohltätigkeit | charity, benefaction |
| 2 | German | wohltätig | beneficent, charitable; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 3 | German | tätig | active |
| 4 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 5 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 6 | German | Jahr | year |
| 7 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |