Where does “меньшеви́к” come from?
меньшеви́к (Russian) comes from Russian меньшинство, from French minorité, from Latin minōritās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
меньшеви́к (Russian): Menshevik a member of a faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
Definitions
- Menshevik a member of a faction of the Russian revolutionary movement
Ancestry of “меньшеви́к”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | меньшинство | minority subgroup that does not form a numerical majority |
| 2 | French | minorité | minority |
| 3 | Latin | minōritās | minority (age) |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |