Where does “абзац” come from?

абзац (Eastern Mari) comes from Russian абзац, from German Absatz, from Middle High German abesaz.

абзац (Eastern Mari): paragraph

Definitions

  1. paragraph

Ancestry of “абзац”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianабзацparagraph; an indentation at the start of a...
2GermanAbsatzturnover; heel; paragraph
3Middle High Germanabesaz—
Every word from Middle High German abesaz →