Where does “Abzugsstrategie” come from?

Abzugsstrategie (German) comes from German Strategie, from French stratégie, from Old French strategie, from Latin strategia, from Ancient Greek στρατηγία, from Ancient Greek στρατηγός, from Ancient Greek ἄγω, from Proto-Hellenic ágō — to drive.

Abzugsstrategie (German): withdrawal strategy

Definitions

  1. withdrawal strategy

Ancestry of “Abzugsstrategie”, step by step

Abzugsstrategie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Strategie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStrategiestrategy; The strategy pattern
2Frenchstratégiestrategy
3Old Frenchstrategie
4Latinstrategiaa government, strategy
5Ancient Greekστρατηγίαoffice of general, command; generalship; province...
6Ancient GreekστρατηγόςA leader or commander of an army: general; The...
7Ancient Greekἄγωto lead, fetch, bring along (a living creature), take with
8Proto-Hellenicágōto lead, to guide
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via German Abzug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbzugtrigger of a gun
2Germanabziehento subtract, to deduct; to pull out; to leave
3Germanab-Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or...
4GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
5Middle High Germanab
6Old High Germanabof
7Proto-Germanic*ab
8Proto-Indo-Europeanapó
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵetiEvery word from Proto-Hellenic ágō
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