Where does “onderklasse” come from?
onderklasse (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.
onderklasse (Dutch): underclass
Definitions
- underclass
Ancestry of “onderklasse”, step by step
onderklasse traces back through two 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 |