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Where does “Schnapsidee” come from?

Schnapsidee (German) comes from German Idee, from French idée, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα, from Ancient Greek εἴδω, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Schnapsidee (German): An impractical idea which seems brilliant when...

Definitions

  1. An impractical idea which seems brilliant when...

Ancestry of “Schnapsidee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanIdeeidea
2Frenchidéeidea
3Latinideaidea; prototype
4Ancient Greekἰδέαform, shape; look, appearance, semblance; type,...
5Ancient Greekεἴδωto see; I see
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
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