Where does “Romanschriftsteller” come from?
Romanschriftsteller (German) comes from German Schriftsteller, from German erstellen, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.
Romanschriftsteller (German): novelist (author of novels)
Definitions
- novelist (author of novels)
Ancestry of “Romanschriftsteller”, step by step
Romanschriftsteller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schriftsteller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schriftsteller | author, writer |
| 2 | German | erstellen | to create |
| 3 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 4 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via German roman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | roman | novel |
| 2 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 3 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 4 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |