Where does “klassenstrijd” come from?
klassenstrijd (Dutch) comes from Dutch klasse, 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.
klassenstrijd (Dutch): class struggle
Definitions
- class struggle
Ancestry of “klassenstrijd”, step by step
klassenstrijd traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via German Klassenkampf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Klassenkampf | class struggle |
| 2 | German | kampf | struggle, battle, campaign, fight |
| 3 | Middle High German | kampf | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kampf | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kamp | field; battle |
| 6 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |