Where does “Abteilung” come from?
Abteilung (German) comes from German abteilen, 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.
Abteilung (German): department; division; battalion
Definitions
- department; division; battalion
Ancestry of “Abteilung”, step by step
Abteilung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German abteilen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | abteilen | to divide, to split apart, to sunder, to section |
| 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 | — |