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Where does “fraktionslos” come from?

fraktionslos (German) comes from German Fraktion, from French fraction, from Old French fraction, from Latin fractio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

fraktionslos (German): non-attached

Definitions

  1. non-attached

Ancestry of “fraktionslos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFraktionfraction; faction
2Frenchfractionfraction; fraction, breakup
3Old Frenchfraction—
4Latinfractiothe action of breaking; fraction
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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