Where does “Gesamtbild” come from?

Gesamtbild (German) comes from German Bild, from Middle High German bilde, from Old High German bilidi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

Gesamtbild (German): big picture

Definitions

  1. big picture

Ancestry of “Gesamtbild”, step by step

Gesamtbild traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bild

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
2Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
3Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
4Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

via German gesamt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangesamttotal, whole, entire, overall, big
2Middle High Germangesamt—
3Old High Germangisamanōt—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old High German bilidi →Every word from Middle High German bilde →