Where does “Lumpenproletariat” come from?

Lumpenproletariat (German) comes from German Proletariat, from French prolétariat, from French prolétaire, from Latin prōlētārius, from Latin prōlēs, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

Lumpenproletariat (German): lumpenproletariat

Definitions

  1. lumpenproletariat

Ancestry of “Lumpenproletariat”, step by step

Lumpenproletariat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Proletariat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanProletariatproletariat
2Frenchprolétariatproletariat
3Frenchprolétaireproletarian
4Latinprōlētāriusbelonging to the lowest class of citizens, who, lacking property, contributed to the State with their offspring instead
5Latinprōlēsoffspring, children, progeny, descendants, a line of descendants, family, race
6Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
7Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German Lump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLumpcad

Words derived from “Lumpenproletariat”

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