Where does “Herrenrasse” come from?

Herrenrasse (German) comes from German Rasse, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án.

Herrenrasse (German): master race, herrenvolk

Definitions

  1. master race, herrenvolk

Ancestry of “Herrenrasse”, step by step

Herrenrasse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Rasse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRasserace (subspecies), breed
2Frenchracerace; kind; breed
3Middle Frenchrasse
4Italianrazzarace, breed; kind, type; family, descent
5Italianrazzoskyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;...
6Italianraggioray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius
7Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
8English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
9Middle English-an

via German herr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanherr
2Middle High Germanherremaster, lord
3Old High Germanhēriro
4Proto-Germanichairazgrey; aged; old; lofty; distinguished
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Middle English -an