Where does “Protokollführer” come from?

Protokollführer (German) comes from German Protokoll, from Medieval Latin protocollum, from Greek πρωτόκολλον, from Greek κόλλα — glue, gum; sizing, size; flour paste, starch...

Protokollführer (German): registrar, secretary

Definitions

  1. registrar, secretary

Ancestry of “Protokollführer”, step by step

Protokollführer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Protokoll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanProtokollprotocol; minutes
2Medieval Latinprotocollumthe first sheet of a volume
3Greekπρωτόκολλον—
4Greekκόλλαglue, gum; sizing, size; flour paste, starch...

via German Führer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFühreragent noun of führen
2Middle High Germanfüerer—
3Old High Germanfôrari—
Every word from Greek κόλλα →Every word from Greek πρωτόκολλον →Every word from Medieval Latin protocollum →