Where does “Massenprotest” come from?
Massenprotest (German) comes from German Protest, from Italian protesto, from Latin prōtestārī, from Latin testor, from Latin testis, from Latin terstis, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂s — to stand.
Massenprotest (German): mass protest
Definitions
- mass protest
Ancestry of “Massenprotest”, step by step
Massenprotest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Protest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Protest | protest |
| 2 | Italian | protesto | protest; first-person singular present of... |
| 3 | Latin | prōtestārī | — |
| 4 | Latin | testor | I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will |
| 5 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 6 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 7 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |