Where does “Abdampfturbine” come from?
Abdampfturbine (German) comes from German Abdampf, 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.
Abdampfturbine (German): exhaust-steam turbine
Definitions
- exhaust-steam turbine
Ancestry of “Abdampfturbine”, step by step
Abdampfturbine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abdampf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abdampf | exhaust steam, waste steam |
| 2 | German | ab- | Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or... |
| 3 | German | AB | Abbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of... |
| 4 | Middle High German | ab | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ab | of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
via German Turbine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Turbine | turbine |
| 2 | French | turbine | turbine; inflection of turbiner: ##... |
| 3 | Latin | turbo | tornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,... |
| 4 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |