Where does “detailverliebt” come from?

detailverliebt (German) comes from German Detail, from French détail, from French détailler, from Old French detailler, from Old French dé-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

detailverliebt (German): obsessed with detail

Definitions

  1. obsessed with detail

Ancestry of “detailverliebt”, step by step

detailverliebt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Detail

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDetaildetail
2Frenchdétaildetail
3Frenchdétaillerto detail; to retail
4Old Frenchdetailler
5Old Frenchdé-
6Latindē-of; from
7Latinof; concerning; about
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via German verliebt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverliebtin love
2Germanverliebento fall in love; to fall in love with
3GermanVer-Inseparable verbal prefix indicating privation or the direction of 'forth', 'away'
4Middle High Germanver-
5Proto-Germanicfra-off, away; completely, fully, up
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Latin dē-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósti