Where does “Bundespräsident” come from?
Bundespräsident (German) comes from German bund, from Middle High German bunt, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Bundespräsident (German): president (especially of the Federal Republic of Germany)
Definitions
- president (especially of the Federal Republic of Germany)
Ancestry of “Bundespräsident”, step by step
Bundespräsident traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German bund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bund | alliance, federation, league |
| 2 | Middle High German | bunt | — |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via German Präsident
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Präsident | president; chairman, chairperson, chair |
| 2 | French | président | president; Speaker; third-person plural present... |
| 3 | Latin | praesidēns | sitting before or in front of |