Where does “Rassenschande” come from?

Rassenschande (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.

Rassenschande (German): sexual relations between people of “Aryan” race...

Definitions

  1. sexual relations between people of “Aryan” race...

Ancestry of “Rassenschande”, step by step

Rassenschande traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Rasse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRasserace (subspecies), breed
2Frenchracerace; kind; breed
3Middle Frenchrasse
4Italianrazzarace, breed; kind, type; family, descent
5Italianrazzoskyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;...
6Italianraggioray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius
7Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
8English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
9Middle English-an

via German schande

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschandedisgrace, infamy, dishonour
2Middle High Germanschande
3Old High Germanscanta
4Proto-West Germanic*skandushame, disgrace
5Proto-Germanicskandōshame, disgrace
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱem-mutilated, hornless; to cover, hide, conceal
Every word from Middle English -anEvery word from English -ánEvery word from Latin radius