Where does “Volkspartei” come from?
Volkspartei (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.
Volkspartei (German): a large political party which is supported by people from various economic, regional and religious backgrounds, and which regularly has a chance of winning enough parliamentary seats to lead a coalition
Definitions
- a large political party which is supported by people from various economic, regional and religious backgrounds, and which regularly has a chance of winning enough parliamentary seats to lead a coalition
Ancestry of “Volkspartei”, step by step
Volkspartei 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 volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 2 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |