Where does “Mittelklasse” come from?

Mittelklasse (German) comes from German klasse, from Russian класс, from Latin classis, from Proto-Italic klāssis, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- — to call, cry, summon.

Mittelklasse (German): middle class

Definitions

  1. middle class

Ancestry of “Mittelklasse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanklassegreat, awesome
2Russianклассclass
3Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
4Proto-Italicklāssis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic klāssis →Every word from Latin classis →