Where does “middenklasse” come from?

middenklasse (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.

middenklasse (Dutch): middle class

Definitions

  1. middle class

Ancestry of “middenklasse”, step by step

middenklasse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch klasse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchklassesocial class; classification; quality, class
2Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
3Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
4Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
5Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
6Germanklassegreat, awesome
7Russianклассclass
8Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
9Proto-Italicklāssis
10Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

via Dutch midden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmiddenin the middle
2Proto-Germanicmidjazmiddle, mid
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-