Where does “Paragraphenreiter” come from?

Paragraphenreiter (German) comes from German Reiter, from Middle High German rîter, from Old High German rîtari.

Paragraphenreiter (German): legalist, pedant, bureaucrat

Definitions

  1. legalist, pedant, bureaucrat

Ancestry of “Paragraphenreiter”, step by step

Paragraphenreiter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Reiter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReiterrider; mounted man-at-arms, cuirassier; tab
2Middle High Germanrîter—
3Old High Germanrîtari—

via German Paragraph

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanParagrapharticle, paragraph
Every word from Old High German rîtari →Every word from Middle High German rîter →Every word from German Reiter →