Where does “Herausgeber” come from?
Herausgeber (German) comes from German herausgeben, from German heraus-, from German aus-, from German Aus, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt — out, outward.
Herausgeber (German): editor; publisher
Ancestry of “Herausgeber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | herausgeben | To release, to publish |
| 2 | German | heraus- | A prefix, conveying a movement out of something |
| 3 | German | aus- | out- |
| 4 | German | Aus | an out; the end of play for an individual or a... |
| 5 | English | out | Away from the inside, centre or other point of... |
| 6 | Middle English | oute | — |
| 7 | Old English | ūt | out |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |