Where does “Gegenwartsliteratur” come from?
Gegenwartsliteratur (German) comes from German Literatur, from Dutch literatuur, from French littérature, from Latin litterātūra, from Latin littera, from Latin lītera, from Old Latin leitera, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
Gegenwartsliteratur (German): contemporary literature
Definitions
- contemporary literature
Ancestry of “Gegenwartsliteratur”, step by step
Gegenwartsliteratur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Literatur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Literatur | literature |
| 2 | Dutch | literatuur | literature |
| 3 | French | littérature | literature |
| 4 | Latin | litterātūra | lettering; alphabet |
| 5 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 6 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |
via German gegenwart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gegenwart | the present |
| 2 | Middle High German | gegenwart | — |
| 3 | Old High German | geginwartī | — |