Where does “Massentötung” come from?

Massentötung (German) comes from German Massen — plural of Masse "masses".

Massentötung (German): mass killing

Definitions

  1. mass killing

Ancestry of “Massentötung”, step by step

Massentötung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Massen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMassenplural of Masse "masses"

via German Tötung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTötungkill, killing, homicide
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