Where does “Holocaustleugner” come from?
Holocaustleugner (German) comes from German Holocaust, from English Holocaust, from French holocauste, from Middle French holocauste, from Old French olocauste, from Latin holocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος, from Ancient Greek ὅλος — mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy.
Holocaustleugner (German): Holocaust denier
Definitions
- Holocaust denier
Ancestry of “Holocaustleugner”, step by step
Holocaustleugner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Holocaust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Holocaust | a holocaust |
| 2 | English | Holocaust | Alternative letter-case form of holocaust |
| 3 | French | holocauste | holocaust |
| 4 | Middle French | holocauste | — |
| 5 | Old French | olocauste | — |
| 6 | Latin | holocaustum | a burnt offering wholly consumed by fire;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὁλόκαυστος | wholly burnt |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὅλος | whole, entire, perfect, complete; absolute,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂wós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sōlh₂- | mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy |
via German Leugner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Leugner | denier male or of unspecified gender |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |