Where does “Rassenfrage” come from?
Rassenfrage (German) comes from German Rasse, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án.
Rassenfrage (German): race question; the issue of race
Definitions
- race question; the issue of race
Ancestry of “Rassenfrage”, step by step
Rassenfrage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rasse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rasse | race (subspecies), breed |
| 2 | French | race | race; kind; breed |
| 3 | Middle French | rasse | — |
| 4 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 5 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 6 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 7 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 8 | English | -án | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 9 | Middle English | -an | — |