Where does “Parteiliste” come from?
Parteiliste (German) comes from German Partei, from Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie, from Old French partir, from Latin partiō, from Latin pars, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
Parteiliste (German): party list a list of candidates nominated by a political party for an election, typically used in proportional representation systems
Definitions
- party list a list of candidates nominated by a political party for an election, typically used in proportional representation systems
Ancestry of “Parteiliste”, step by step
Parteiliste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Partei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Partei | political party; party participating in a legal... |
| 2 | Dutch | partij | party; some, a few, a small number of |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | partie | — |
| 4 | Old French | partie | part; section |
| 5 | Old French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 6 | Latin | partiō | to share, part, apportion; divide, distribute |
| 7 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |