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

  1. contemporary literature

Ancestry of “Gegenwartsliteratur”, step by step

Gegenwartsliteratur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Literatur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLiteraturliterature
2Dutchliteratuurliterature
3Frenchlittératureliterature
4Latinlitterātūralettering; alphabet
5Latinlitteraa letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,...
6Latinlītera
7Old Latinleitera
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

via German gegenwart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangegenwartthe present
2Middle High Germangegenwart
3Old High Germangeginwartī
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂-