Where does “Rotlichtmilieu” come from?
Rotlichtmilieu (German) comes from German Rotlicht, from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną — boundary, end.
Rotlichtmilieu (German): Social environment of prostitution and related persons, such as prostitutes and pimps
Definitions
- Social environment of prostitution and related persons, such as prostitutes and pimps
Ancestry of “Rotlichtmilieu”, step by step
Rotlichtmilieu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rotlicht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rotlicht | red light |
| 2 | German | licht | light, bright; unobstructed, clear |
| 3 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 4 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 10 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 11 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via German Milieu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Milieu | social background, environment; atmosphere,... |
| 2 | French | milieu | middle; center; setting; environment;... |
| 3 | Middle French | milieu | — |
| 4 | Old French | milliu | — |
| 5 | Old French | lieu | — |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |