Where does “Beschaffungsstrategie” come from?
Beschaffungsstrategie (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.
Beschaffungsstrategie (German): procurement strategy, sourcing strategy a long-term plan to acquire necessary goods, services, or works from external sources at the best possible cost and quality
Definitions
- procurement strategy, sourcing strategy a long-term plan to acquire necessary goods, services, or works from external sources at the best possible cost and quality
Ancestry of “Beschaffungsstrategie”, step by step
Beschaffungsstrategie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Strategie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Strategie | strategy; The strategy pattern |
| 2 | French | stratégie | strategy |
| 3 | Old French | strategie | — |
| 4 | Latin | strategia | a government, strategy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στρατηγία | office of general, command; generalship; province... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | στρατηγός | A leader or commander of an army: general; The... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄγω | to lead, fetch, bring along (a living creature), take with |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ágō | to lead, to guide |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via German Beschaffung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Beschaffung | purchase, acquisition |