Where does “aktivieren” come from?

aktivieren (German) comes from French activer, from French actif, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν- — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

aktivieren (German): to activate, to enable; to activate

Definitions

  1. to activate, to enable; to activate

Ancestry of “aktivieren”, step by step

aktivieren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French activer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchactiverto activate; to speed up; to stoke
2Frenchactifactive; asset; top
3Old Frenchactifactive
4Latināctīvusactive
5Ancient GreekἐνεργητικόςAble to act on; acting on; Active; In the active...
6Ancient Greekἐνεργέωto be in action or activity, to operate; to...
7Ancient Greekἐνεργόςat work, active
8Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
9Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
10Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
11Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
12Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
13Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
14Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German Aktiv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAktivactive voice; active verb

Words derived from “aktivieren

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐν-
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