Where does “Realität” come from?
Realität (German) comes from French réalité, from Middle French realité, from Medieval Latin realitas, from Late Latin realis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Realität (German): reality; reality, fact; dasein
Definitions
- reality; reality, fact; dasein
Ancestry of “Realität”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | réalité | reality |
| 2 | Middle French | realité | property, possession |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | realitas | reality |
| 4 | Late Latin | realis | actual; real, actual |
| 5 | Latin | rēs | — |
| 6 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 7 | Latin | vindicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | — |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “Realität”