Where does “fotodokumentieren” come from?
fotodokumentieren (German) comes from German foto, from German Fotoapparat, from German Apparat, from Latin apparātus, from Latin apparō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
fotodokumentieren (German): to photodocument
Definitions
- to photodocument
Ancestry of “fotodokumentieren”, step by step
fotodokumentieren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German foto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | foto | photograph picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface |
| 2 | German | Fotoapparat | camera |
| 3 | German | Apparat | apparatus, device; phone |
| 4 | Latin | apparātus | prepared, having been prepared |
| 5 | Latin | apparō | to prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German dokumentieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dokumentieren | to document |
| 2 | French | documenter | to document |
| 3 | French | document | document; file |
| 4 | Italian | documento | document; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 6 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 7 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |