Where does “Boulevardpresse” come from?
Boulevardpresse (German) comes from German Boulevard, from French boulevard, from Middle French bolevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from Middle High German bole, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-West Germanic bollā.
Boulevardpresse (German): yellow press
Definitions
- yellow press
Ancestry of “Boulevardpresse”, step by step
Boulevardpresse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Boulevard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Boulevard | boulevard, avenue, broad street (typically outside the German-speaking countries, especially in France) |
| 2 | French | boulevard | causeway; boulevard |
| 3 | Middle French | bolevard | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bolwerc | bulwark, bastion |
| 5 | Middle High German | bolwerc | — |
| 6 | Middle High German | bole | plank, beam |
| 7 | Old High German | bolla | round vessel, bowl |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | bollā | ball; bowl |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bullǭ | round object, ball; round vessel, bowl |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German presse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | presse | inflection of pressen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | Pressen | plural of Presse |
| 3 | Middle High German | pressen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | pressōn | — |
| 5 | Latin | pressō | — |
| 6 | Latin | premō | to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |