Where does “Abfassung” come from?

Abfassung (German) comes from German abfassen, 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.

Abfassung (German): drafting

Definitions

  1. drafting

Ancestry of “Abfassung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabfassento write down; to arrest
2Germanab-Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or...
3GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
4Middle High Germanab—
5Old High Germanabof
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →