Where does “Interessengruppe” come from?
Interessengruppe (German) comes from German gruppe, from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, from Vulgar Latin cruppo, from Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Interessengruppe (German): interest group, advocacy group
Definitions
- interest group, advocacy group
Ancestry of “Interessengruppe”, step by step
Interessengruppe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German gruppe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gruppe | group |
| 2 | French | groupe | group |
| 3 | Italian | gruppo | group, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cruppo | — |
| 5 | Renaissance Latin | grupus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via German interesse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | interesse | interest attention and concern |
| 2 | Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 3 | Latin | esse | present infinitive of sum; state, condition;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οὐσία | that which is one's own, one's substance,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |