Where does “Altersgruppe” come from?
Altersgruppe (German) comes from German alter, from German Alt, from Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.
Altersgruppe (German): age group
Definitions
- age group
Ancestry of “Altersgruppe”, step by step
Altersgruppe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German alter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | alter | age, old age |
| 2 | German | Alt | alto; A type of beer, typical to the Rhineland... |
| 3 | Middle High German | alt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | alt | old |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via German gruppe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gruppe | group |
| 2 | French | groupe | group |
| 3 | Italian | gruppo | group, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cruppo | — |
| 5 | Renaissance Latin | grupus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |