Etymograph

English

Kissinger

Kissinger comes from German Kissinger ‘a native or resident of Kissingen’, and goes back to Kissingen.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKissingen
  2. German, derivedc. 1650–presentKissinger‘a native or resident of Kissingen’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKissingen
  2. German, derivedc. 1650–presentKissinger‘a native or resident of Kissingen’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025same form

Earliest quotation: 2025, Ned Temko, With shuttle diplomacy, Trump echoes Kissinger. Sort of.: “The Kissinger marathons were rooted in a belief that…”

Every English word from German Kissingen

Today it means

name A surname from German.

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Etymograph / German Kissingen / Kissinger

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