Where does “przedstawiciel” come from?
przedstawiciel (Polish) comes from French représentant, from French représenter, from Old French représenter, from Latin repraesento, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
przedstawiciel (Polish): representative
Definitions
- representative
Ancestry of “przedstawiciel”, step by step
przedstawiciel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French représentant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | représentant | present participle of représenter; representative |
| 2 | French | représenter | to represent; to represent; to re-present; to... |
| 3 | Old French | représenter | — |
| 4 | Latin | repraesento | I represent, depict; I display, exhibit or show |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Polish przedstawić
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | przedstawić | to introduce |
| 2 | German | vorstellen | to move forward; to put forward; to represent;... |
| 3 | German | Stellen | gerund of stellen; plural of Stelle |
| 4 | Middle High German | stellen | to put, to place |
| 5 | Old High German | stellen | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stalljan | to put, to place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |