Where does “kaputtreparieren” come from?
kaputtreparieren (German) comes from German reparieren, from Latin reparo, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
kaputtreparieren (German): To break something in an attempt to repair or...
Definitions
- To break something in an attempt to repair or...
Ancestry of “kaputtreparieren”, step by step
kaputtreparieren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German reparieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | reparieren | to repair |
| 2 | Latin | reparo | I recover, retrieve; I renew, restore, repair; I... |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German kaputt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kaputt | broken; out of order |
| 2 | French | capot | (cover over the engine of a motor car) bonnet UK, hood US |
| 3 | Old French | capote | hooded cloak |
| 4 | Old French | cape | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | cappa | cape, hood; cloak; cape, cloak |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κάππα | kappa, the name for the tenth letter Κ, κ of the... |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤊 | kaph; kap |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓂧 | — |