Where does “Realitätssinn” come from?

Realitätssinn (German) comes from German Realität, from French réalité, from Middle French realité, from Medieval Latin realitas, from Late Latin realis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Realitätssinn (German): sense of reality

Definitions

  1. sense of reality

Ancestry of “Realitätssinn”, step by step

Realitätssinn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Realität

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRealitätreality; reality, fact; dasein
2Frenchréalitéreality
3Middle Frenchrealitéproperty, possession
4Medieval Latinrealitasreality
5Late Latinrealisactual; real, actual
6Latinrēsthing, object, stuff
7Latinvindicatiocivil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
8Latinvindicōto lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
9Latinvindexclaimant, vindicator
10Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
11Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
12Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
13Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
14Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
15Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
16Latincalceusshoe
17Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
18Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via German sinn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansinnsingular imperative of sinnen
2Middle High Germansīnto be, become
3Old High Germansīnhis; to be
4Proto-West Germanicsinnsense, perception; sense, meaning; reason, mental...
5Proto-Germanicsinnazsense, perception; sense, meaning
6Proto-Indo-Europeansentnós
7Proto-Indo-Europeansent-to head for, to go, to travel; to feel
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-
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