Where does “מחנה ריכוז” come from?

מחנה ריכוז (Hebrew) comes from German Konzentrationslager, from English concentration camp, from English concentration, from English concentrate, from French concentrer, from French con-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.

מחנה ריכוז (Hebrew): A concentration camp

Definitions

  1. A concentration camp

Ancestry of “מחנה ריכוז”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKonzentrationslagerconcentration camp
2Englishconcentration campA camp where troops are assembled, prior to...
3EnglishconcentrationThe act, process or ability of concentrating; the...
4EnglishconcentrateTo bring to, or direct toward, a common center;...
5Frenchconcentrerto concentrate
6Frenchcon-con
7Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-
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