Where does “Zersetzungsprozess” come from?

Zersetzungsprozess (German) comes from German Zersetzung, from German zersetzen, from German zer-, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.

Zersetzungsprozess (German): decomposition process

Definitions

  1. decomposition process

Ancestry of “Zersetzungsprozess”, step by step

Zersetzungsprozess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zersetzung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZersetzungdecomposition
2GermanzersetzenTo corrode, decompose; To subvert, undermine
3Germanzer-asunder, to pieces, to bits; to spoil by
4Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
5Middle High Germaner-
6Old High Germanir-thoroughly
7Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
8Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
11Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German Prozeß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanProzeßlawsuit
2Middle High Germanprocess
3Latinprōcessusadvanced, having been advanced
4Latinprōcēdōto proceed, advance
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd