Where does “Realschule” come from?
Realschule (German) comes from German Real, from Latin reālis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Realschule (German): A real school: a secondary school that focuses...
Definitions
- A real school: a secondary school that focuses...
Ancestry of “Realschule”, step by step
Realschule traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Real
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Real | real former Spanish currency unit |
| 2 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 3 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 4 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 5 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 6 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German schule
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schule | inflection of schulen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | schuole | school |
| 3 | Old High German | scuola | school |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skōla | school |
| 5 | Latin | schola | Leisure time given to learning; schooltime,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σχολή | leisure, free time; rest; that in which leisure... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | skʰolā́ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sǵʰ-h₃-léh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | seǵʰ- | to hold; to overpower |