Where does “Chauvispruch” come from?
Chauvispruch (German) comes from German Chauvi, from German Chauvinist, from French chauviniste, from French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.
Chauvispruch (German): a (mildly) misogynist slogan; a statement revealing male chauvinism or machoism
Definitions
- a (mildly) misogynist slogan; a statement revealing male chauvinism or machoism
Ancestry of “Chauvispruch”, step by step
Chauvispruch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Chauvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Chauvi | male chauvinist; (mild) misogynist; macho |
| 2 | German | Chauvinist | chauvinist; national, racial, or religious... |
| 3 | French | chauviniste | chauvinistic |
| 4 | French | -iste | -ist; -istic |
| 5 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
via German spruch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | spruch | short saying, expression or dictum that is remembered or is meaningful in itself |
| 2 | Middle High German | spruch | — |
| 3 | Old High German | spruh | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sprukiz | saying; a saying, saw |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |