Where does “déclassification” come from?
déclassification (French) comes from French déclassifier, from French classifier, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс — to call, cry, summon.
déclassification (French): declassification
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Ancestry of “déclassification”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | déclassifier | To declassify |
| 2 | French | classifier | to classify |
| 3 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 4 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 5 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 6 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 7 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 8 | Russian | класс | class |
| 9 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |