Where does “geisteswissenschaftlich” come from?
geisteswissenschaftlich (German) comes from German geisteswissenschaft, from German Wissenschaft, from German Wissen, from German wissen, from German Besserwisser, from German besser, from Middle High German beȥȥer, from Old High German beȥȥiro — to join; to unite; to suit.
geisteswissenschaftlich (German): humanities
Definitions
- humanities
Ancestry of “geisteswissenschaftlich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | geisteswissenschaft | humanities, liberal arts, Geisteswissenschaften the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc |
| 2 | German | Wissenschaft | science; academia, scholarship; academia,... |
| 3 | German | Wissen | knowledge |
| 4 | German | wissen | to know; to be aware of; to remember |
| 5 | German | Besserwisser | know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck |
| 6 | German | besser | comparative degree of gut; better; inflection of... |
| 7 | Middle High German | beȥȥer | — |
| 8 | Old High German | beȥȥiro | better |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *batiʀō | better |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | batizô | comparative degree of *gōdaz; comparative degree... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | gōdaz | good |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | gadaną | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰedʰ- | to join; to unite; to suit |