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Where does “Frauenbeauftragte” come from?

Frauenbeauftragte (German) comes from German Beauftragte, from German Beauftragter, from German beauftragt, from German beauftragen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz — adjectival suffix.

Frauenbeauftragte (German): female commissioner for women's issues; woman...

Definitions

  1. female commissioner for women's issues; woman...

Ancestry of “Frauenbeauftragte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBeauftragteinflection of Beauftragter: ## strong...
2GermanBeauftragtermale commissioner
3Germanbeauftragtpast participle of beauftragen
4GermanbeauftragenTo mandate, to legitimize the procuration of an...
5German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
6Middle High German-en—
7Old High German-īn—
8Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
9Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
10Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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