Etymograph

English

KPD

KPD comes from German KPD ‘Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKPD‘Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKPD‘Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017same form

Earliest quotation: 2017, Loren Balhorn, The Lost History of Antifa: “Albrecht Lein reports that the core of the Braunschweig…”

Today it means

name The Communist Party of Germany.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / German KPD / KPD