Where does “Revolutionsführer” come from?

Revolutionsführer (German) comes from German Revolution, from French révolution, from Latin revolūtiō, from Latin revolvō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

Revolutionsführer (German): leader of the/a revolution

Definitions

  1. leader of the/a revolution

Ancestry of “Revolutionsführer”, step by step

Revolutionsführer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Revolution

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRevolutionrevolution
2Frenchrévolutionrevolution
3LatinrevolūtiōThe act of revolving; revolution
4Latinrevolvōto roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return
5Latinrĕ-back, backwards
6Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
7Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
8Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German Führer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFühreragent noun of führen
2Middle High Germanfüerer
3Old High Germanfôrari
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Latin rĕ-
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