Where does “Bildungsbürger” come from?
Bildungsbürger (German) comes from German Bürger, from English Burger, from English Hamburger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
Bildungsbürger (German): someone who is educated and attaches great value to learning and academia, typically associated with the (upper) middle class
Definitions
- someone who is educated and attaches great value to learning and academia, typically associated with the (upper) middle class
Ancestry of “Bildungsbürger”, step by step
Bildungsbürger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bürger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bürger | citizen, inhabitant, resident; legally recognized... |
| 2 | English | Burger | Alternative spelling of Burgher; A white wine... |
| 3 | English | Hamburger | A person from Hamburg |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |