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Where does “Luftzerlegungsanlage” come from?

Luftzerlegungsanlage (German) comes from German Zerlegung, from German zerlegen, from German zer-, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.

Luftzerlegungsanlage (German): air separation plant

Definitions

  1. air separation plant

Ancestry of “Luftzerlegungsanlage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZerlegungdecomposition, separation, segmentation;...
2Germanzerlegento dismantle, disassemble; to decompose; to...
3Germanzer-asunder, to pieces, to bits; to spoil by
4Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
5Middle High Germaner-—
6Old High Germanir-thoroughly
7Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
8Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
11Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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