Herkunft — meaning in English
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English meaning
- descent noun The act of coming down from a higher place, or a downward slope or path.
- etymology noun The origin and history of a word, including the earlier forms and languages it came from and how its meaning has shifted.
- extraction noun The act or process of removing or drawing something out.
- origin noun The point where something begins or comes from.
- provenance noun The place of origin or history of ownership of something, especially a work of art or artifact.
Senses
Herkunft is used for these senses in English:
- descent Lineage or hereditary derivation.
- etymology (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
- extraction A person's origin or ancestry.
- origin (in the plural) Ancestry.
- provenance Place or source of origin.
- provenance (of a person) Background; history; place of origin.
descent — full definition
- noun The act of coming down from a higher place, or a downward slope or path.
- noun A person's family origins or ancestry.
- noun A drop into a worse state or condition.
etymology — full definition
- noun The origin and history of a word, including the earlier forms and languages it came from and how its meaning has shifted.
- noun The branch of linguistics that studies where words come from and how they change over time.