Where does “populärwissenschaftlich” come from?
populärwissenschaftlich (German) comes from German Populärwissenschaft, 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.
populärwissenschaftlich (German): popular science
Ancestry of “populärwissenschaftlich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Populärwissenschaft | popular science |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *batiʀō | — |
| 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 |