Where does “Straßenmeisterei” come from?

Straßenmeisterei (German) comes from German straße, from Middle High German strāȥe.

Straßenmeisterei (German): road maintenance depot

Definitions

  1. road maintenance depot

Ancestry of “Straßenmeisterei”, step by step

Straßenmeisterei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German straße

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstraßestreet; road a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement
2Middle High Germanstrāȥe—

via German Meisterei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeisterei—
Every word from Middle High German strāȥe →Every word from German straße →