Where does “prekindergartener” come from?
prekindergartener (English) comes from English prekindergarten, from English kindergarten, from German Kindergarten, from German garten, from German Stadt, from Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic stadi.
prekindergartener (English): A child who has not yet begun to attend...
Definitions
- A child who has not yet begun to attend...
Ancestry of “prekindergartener”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prekindergarten | Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to... |
| 2 | English | kindergarten | An educational institution for young children,... |
| 3 | German | Kindergarten | nursery school; kindergarten; day care center |
| 4 | German | garten | inflection of garen: ## first/third-person plural... |
| 5 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 6 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 7 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |