Where does “Kindertransport” come from?

Kindertransport (German) comes from German Transport, from French transport, from Latin trānsportāre.

Kindertransport (German): The transportation of children

Definitions

  1. The transportation of children

Ancestry of “Kindertransport”, step by step

Kindertransport traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Transport

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTransporttransport, transportation
2Frenchtransporttransport
3Latintrānsportāre—

via German Kinder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKindernominative/genitive/accusative plural of Kind
2Yiddishקינדערplural of קינד; children
Every word from Latin trānsportāre →