Where does “realpolitician” come from?
realpolitician (English) comes from English Realpolitik, from German Realpolitik, from German Real, from Latin reālis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
realpolitician (English): A realpolitiker
Definitions
- A realpolitiker
Ancestry of “realpolitician”, step by step
realpolitician traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Realpolitik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Realpolitik | Alternative letter-case form of realpolitik |
| 2 | German | Realpolitik | realpolitik pragmatic international government policy |
| 3 | German | Real | real former Spanish currency unit |
| 4 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 5 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 6 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 7 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 8 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English politician
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | politician | One engaged in politics, especially an elected or... |
| 2 | English | -ian | From, related to, or like; One from, belonging... |
| 3 | English | Hobbesian | Involving unrestrained, selfish, and uncivilized... |
| 4 | English | Hobbes | a surname |
| 5 | English | Robert | — |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | Robert | — |