Where does “Amateurkünstler” come from?
Amateurkünstler (German) comes from German Amateur, from French amateur, from Latin amātor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Amateurkünstler (German): amateur artist male or of unspecified sex
Definitions
- amateur artist male or of unspecified sex
Ancestry of “Amateurkünstler”, step by step
Amateurkünstler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Amateur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Amateur | amateur |
| 2 | French | amateur | amateur; a lover of something |
| 3 | Latin | amātor | a (male) friend |
| 4 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 5 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 6 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via German Künstler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Künstler | artist |
| 2 | German | -ler | used to create agent nouns, similar to -er |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |