Where does “burgerklasse” come from?
burgerklasse (Dutch) comes from Dutch burger, from English Burger, from English Hamburger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
burgerklasse (Dutch): bourgeoisie
Definitions
- bourgeoisie
Ancestry of “burgerklasse”, step by step
burgerklasse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch burger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | burger | citizen; middle-class or bourgeois person,... |
| 2 | English | Burger | Alternative spelling of Burgher; A white wine... |
| 3 | English | Hamburger | A person from Hamburg |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch klasse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | klasse | social class; classification; quality, 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 |