Where does “Arzneimittelbehörde” come from?

Arzneimittelbehörde (German) comes from German Arzneimittel, from German mittel, from Middle High German mittel, from Old High German mittil, from Proto-Germanic midlą, from Proto-Germanic midjō, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

Arzneimittelbehörde (German): (government) agency for the regulation of medicine

Definitions

  1. (government) agency for the regulation of medicine

Ancestry of “Arzneimittelbehörde”, step by step

Arzneimittelbehörde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Arzneimittel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanArzneimittelmedicine; drug
2Germanmittelmiddle, in the middle; average, middling
3Middle High Germanmittel
4Old High Germanmittil
5Proto-Germanicmidląmiddle
6Proto-Germanicmidjōmiddle, midst
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

via German Behörde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBehördeauthority
2German Low Germanbehörento belong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meEvery word from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos