Where does “Rassentrennung” come from?
Rassentrennung (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.
Rassentrennung (German): racial segregation, racial separation
Definitions
- racial segregation, racial separation
Ancestry of “Rassentrennung”, step by step
Rassentrennung 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 | — |
via German Trennung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Trennung | A separation, parting |
| 2 | German | trennen | to separate, sever, part, disunite, uncouple,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | trennen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | trennen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *trannijan | to cause to separate |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trannijaną | to cause to separate; to divide; separate |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | trinnaną | to separate oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |