Where does “Kinshasan” come from?
Kinshasan (English) comes from English Kinshasa, from Hungarian kg, from English kindergarten, from German Kindergarten, from German garten, from German Stadt, from Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat.
Kinshasan (English): Of or relating to Kinshasa, capital and largest...
Definitions
- Of or relating to Kinshasa, capital and largest...
Ancestry of “Kinshasan”, step by step
Kinshasan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Kinshasa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Kinshasa | (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River |
| 2 | Hungarian | kg | — |
| 3 | English | kindergarten | An educational institution for young children,... |
| 4 | German | Kindergarten | nursery school; kindergarten; day care center |
| 5 | German | garten | inflection of garen: ## first/third-person plural... |
| 6 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 7 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 8 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |