Where does “Magistratsabteilung” come from?
Magistratsabteilung (German) comes from German Abteilung, from German abteilen, from German ab-, from German AB, from Middle High German ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
Magistratsabteilung (German): municipal department
Definitions
- municipal department
Ancestry of “Magistratsabteilung”, step by step
Magistratsabteilung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abteilung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abteilung | department; division; battalion |
| 2 | German | abteilen | to divide, to split apart, to sunder, to section |
| 3 | German | ab- | Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or... |
| 4 | German | AB | Abbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of... |
| 5 | Middle High German | ab | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ab | of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
via German Magistrat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Magistrat | city council |
| 2 | Latin | magistratus | a magistrate, official; a magisterial office,... |
| 3 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |