Where does “Splitterpartei” come from?
Splitterpartei (German) comes from German Partei, from Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie, from Old French partir, from Latin partiō, from Latin pars, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
Splitterpartei (German): a very small political party that originated by splitting off from a larger one
Definitions
- a very small political party that originated by splitting off from a larger one
Ancestry of “Splitterpartei”, step by step
Splitterpartei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Partei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Partei | political party; party participating in a legal... |
| 2 | Dutch | partij | party; some, a few, a small number of |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | partie | — |
| 4 | Old French | partie | part; section |
| 5 | Old French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 6 | Latin | partiō | to share, part, apportion; divide, distribute |
| 7 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German splitter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | splitter | inflection of splittern: ## first-person singular... |