Where does “Stasi” come from?
Stasi comes from German Stasi, a shortened form of German Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, literally "Ministry for State Security."
Stasi (English): People who engage in covert surveillence or...
Definitions
- People who engage in covert surveillence or...
Ancestry of “Stasi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stasi | Stasi |
| 2 | German | Staatssicherheit | State Security, secret police and intelligence... |
| 3 | German | Sicherheit | certainty; security; safety |
| 4 | German | sicher | safe, secure; sure, certain; safely |
| 5 | Middle High German | siher | — |
| 6 | Old High German | sihur | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | sikur | secure, safe; sure, certain |
| 8 | Latin | sēcūrus | careless, negligent |
| 9 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 10 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |