Where does “brugklas” come from?
brugklas (Dutch) comes from Dutch klas, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс, from Latin classis — to call, cry, summon.
brugklas (Dutch): the first form or grade of secondary education
Definitions
- the first form or grade of secondary education
Ancestry of “brugklas”, step by step
brugklas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch klas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | klas | a school class; a classroom; travel class |
| 2 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 3 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 4 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 5 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 6 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 7 | Russian | класс | class |
| 8 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |