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Where does “lumpenproletariado” come from?

lumpenproletariado (Spanish) comes from German Lumpenproletariat, from German Proletariat, from French prolétariat, from French prolétaire, from Latin prōlētārius, from Latin prōlēs, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

lumpenproletariado (Spanish): lumpenproletariat

Definitions

  1. lumpenproletariat

Ancestry of “lumpenproletariado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLumpenproletariatlumpenproletariat
2GermanProletariatproletariat
3Frenchprolétariatproletariat
4Frenchprolétaireproletarian
5Latinprōlētārius—
6Latinprōlēs—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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