Where does “Demonstrativpronomen” come from?
Demonstrativpronomen (German) comes from German demonstrativ, from French démonstratif, from Latin demonstrativus, from Latin dēmōnstrō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
Demonstrativpronomen (German): a demonstrative pronoun (a pronoun which replaces a noun), such as dieser in the sentence dieser ist rot (this one is red)
Definitions
- a demonstrative pronoun (a pronoun which replaces a noun), such as dieser in the sentence dieser ist rot (this one is red)
Ancestry of “Demonstrativpronomen”, step by step
Demonstrativpronomen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German demonstrativ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | demonstrativ | demonstrative |
| 2 | French | démonstratif | demonstrative |
| 3 | Latin | demonstrativus | designating; demonstrative |
| 4 | Latin | dēmōnstrō | to show, demonstrate, prove |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |