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Where does “apartheidish” come from?

apartheidish (English) comes from English apartheid, from Afrikaans apartheid, from Dutch apartheid, from Dutch -heid, from Middle Dutch -heit, from Old Dutch -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz.

apartheidish (English): Resembling apartheid

Definitions

  1. Resembling apartheid

Ancestry of “apartheidish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapartheidThe policy of racial separation used by South...
2Afrikaansapartheidapartheid
3Dutchapartheidthe state of being separate; separateness; a...
4Dutch-heid-ness, -ity; forms nouns from adjectives,...
5Middle Dutch-heit—
6Old Dutch-heit—
7Proto-West Germanic-haidu—
8Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
9Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—
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