Where does “Demokratieanhänger” come from?
Demokratieanhänger (German) comes from German Demokratie, from French démocratie, from Middle French democratie, from Medieval Latin democratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία, from Ancient Greek δημο-, from Ancient Greek δῆμος, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Demokratieanhänger (German): democrat, supporter of democracy
Definitions
- democrat, supporter of democracy
Ancestry of “Demokratieanhänger”, step by step
Demokratieanhänger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Demokratie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Demokratie | democracy |
| 2 | French | démocratie | democracy |
| 3 | Middle French | democratie | democracy; popular rule |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | democratia | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δημοκρατία | democracy, popular government; a democratic... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δημο- | demo |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δῆμος | district, country, land; the common people; free... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via German Anhänger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Anhänger | agent noun of anhängen |
| 2 | German | anhängen | To hang, to make something linger while fixed at |
| 3 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 5 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |