Where does “Abbildungsfehler” come from?

Abbildungsfehler (German) comes from German Abbildung, from German abbilden, from German ab-, from German AB, from Middle High German ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

Abbildungsfehler (German): aberration, image defect

Definitions

  1. aberration, image defect

Ancestry of “Abbildungsfehler”, step by step

Abbildungsfehler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Abbildung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbbildungdepiction, image, figure, picture, illustration;...
2GermanabbildenTo portray, to depict, to picture; To map, to...
3Germanab-Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or...
4GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
5Middle High Germanab—
6Old High Germanabof
7Proto-Germanic*ab—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via German Fehler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFehlerfault, error, mistake
2Germanfehlento lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...
3Middle High Germanvælen—
4Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
5Latinfallēre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →