Where does “Abstufung” come from?
Abstufung (German) comes from German abstufen, from German stufen, from German Stufe, from Italian stufa, from Italian stufare, from Medieval Latin stupha, from Ancient Greek τῦφος, from Ancient Greek τύφω — scatter like dust.
Abstufung (German): gradation
Ancestry of “Abstufung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | abstufen | to divide; to set in layers |
| 2 | German | stufen | to subdivide; to arrange in layers |
| 3 | German | Stufe | step, tread; degree, stage, level, rank, phase;... |
| 4 | Italian | stufa | feminine singular of stufo; stove; third-person... |
| 5 | Italian | stufare | to stew; to bore or weary |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | stupha | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τῦφος | a kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύφω | to smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dhubh- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dheu- | scatter like dust |