Where does “apartheid” come from?
apartheid (Portuguese) comes from English apartheid, from Afrikaans apartheid, from Dutch apartheid, from Dutch -heid, from Middle Dutch -heit, from Old Dutch -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz.
apartheid (Portuguese): apartheid policy of racial segregation in South Africa
Definitions
- apartheid policy of racial segregation in South Africa
Ancestry of “apartheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apartheid | The policy of racial separation used by South... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | apartheid | apartheid |
| 3 | Dutch | apartheid | the state of being separate; separateness; a... |
| 4 | Dutch | -heid | -ness, -ity; forms nouns from adjectives,... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 6 | Old Dutch | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |