Where does “Bundesrepublik” come from?
Bundesrepublik (German) comes from German Republik, from French république, from Middle French république, from Latin republica, from Latin rēspublica, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Bundesrepublik (German): federal republic
Definitions
- federal republic
Ancestry of “Bundesrepublik”, step by step
Bundesrepublik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Republik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Republik | republic |
| 2 | French | république | republic |
| 3 | Middle French | république | republic |
| 4 | Latin | republica | ablative singular of rēspublica |
| 5 | Latin | rēspublica | a republic, commonwealth; the state, nation |
| 6 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 7 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 8 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 9 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |