Where does “Spätmittelalter” come from?
Spätmittelalter (German) comes from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.
Spätmittelalter (German): Late Middle Ages
Definitions
- Late Middle Ages
Ancestry of “Spätmittelalter”, step by step
Spätmittelalter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German spät
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | spät | late |
| 2 | Middle High German | spǣte | — |
| 3 | Old High German | spāti | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *spādī | late |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spēdiz | late |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁-tí-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via German Mittelalter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mittelalter | Middle Ages; middle age; Middle-aged person or... |
| 2 | Latin | medium aevum | — |