Where does “portogerecht” come from?

portogerecht (German) comes from German gerecht, from Middle High German gereht, from Old High German gireht, from Proto-Germanic garehtaz — just, fair.

portogerecht (German): being franked precisely to meet the current cost requirements of a piece of mail

Definitions

  1. being franked precisely to meet the current cost requirements of a piece of mail

Ancestry of “portogerecht”, step by step

portogerecht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gerecht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangerechtjust, fair; past participle of rechen
2Middle High Germangereht
3Old High Germangireht
4Proto-Germanicgarehtazjust, fair

via German Porto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPortopostage
Every word from Proto-Germanic garehtaz