Where does “pedantisch” come from?
pedantisch (German) comes from Italian pedantesco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
pedantisch (German): pedantic; punctilious; meticulous
Definitions
- pedantic; punctilious; meticulous
Ancestry of “pedantisch”, step by step