Where does “Asylbewerber” come from?
Asylbewerber (German) comes from German Asyl, from French asile, from Latin asȳlum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
Asylbewerber (German): person seeking political asylum, asylum seeker
Definitions
- person seeking political asylum, asylum seeker
Ancestry of “Asylbewerber”, step by step
Asylbewerber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Asyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Asyl | asylum; political asylum, right of asylum |
| 2 | French | asile | retirement home, old people's home; asylum |
| 3 | Latin | asȳlum | asylum (place of refuge), sanctuary |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄσυλον | sanctuary |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄσυλος | safe from violence, inviolate |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via German Bewerber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bewerber | applicant |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |