Where does “apartheid” come from?
apartheid (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch apartheid, from Dutch -heid, from Middle Dutch -heit, from Old Dutch -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
apartheid (Afrikaans): apartheid
Ancestry of “apartheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | apartheid | the state of being separate; separateness; a... |
| 2 | Dutch | -heid | -ness, -ity; forms nouns from adjectives,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -heit | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -heit | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |
Words derived from “apartheid”