Where does “Altkanzlerbüro” come from?
Altkanzlerbüro (German) comes from German Altkanzler, from German Kanzler, from Middle High German kanzelære, from Old High German kanzellari, from Late Latin cancellarius, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros — to cut, cut off, sever.
Altkanzlerbüro (German): office of former chancellor
Definitions
- office of former chancellor
Ancestry of “Altkanzlerbüro”, step by step
Altkanzlerbüro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Altkanzler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Altkanzler | former chancellor |
| 2 | German | Kanzler | chancellor; Short for Bundeskanzler; Short for... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kanzelære | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kanzellari | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | cancellarius | secretary, porter; secretary; doorkeeper, porter;... |
| 6 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##... |
| 7 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via German Büro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Büro | office room; a collective or individual working... |
| 2 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 3 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 4 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |