Where does “Ablenkungstaktik” come from?
Ablenkungstaktik (German) comes from German Taktik, from French tactique, from Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτική, from Ancient Greek τακτικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
Ablenkungstaktik (German): diversionary tactic
Definitions
- diversionary tactic
Ancestry of “Ablenkungstaktik”, step by step
Ablenkungstaktik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Taktik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Taktik | tactic, tactics, policy |
| 2 | French | tactique | tactic; tactical |
| 3 | Latin | tactica | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τακτική | tactics |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τακτικός | fit for ordering or arranging, especially in war;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via German Ablenkung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ablenkung | diversion; distraction |
| 2 | German | ablenken | to divert; to distract |
| 3 | German | ab- | Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or... |
| 4 | German | AB | Abbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of... |
| 5 | Middle High German | ab | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ab | of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |