Where does “Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel” come from?

Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel (German) comes from German Unkrautbekämpfung, from German Bekämpfung, from German bekämpfen, from German kämpfen, from Middle High German kempfen, from Old High German kempfan, from Proto-West Germanic kampijan, from Latin campus — to bend, to curve.

Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel (German): weedkiller

Definitions

  1. weedkiller

Ancestry of “Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel”, step by step

Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Unkrautbekämpfung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnkrautbekämpfungweed control
2GermanBekämpfungcombat, fight, battle
3Germanbekämpfento fight (against something), to combat
4Germankämpfento fight, to struggle
5Middle High Germankempfen
6Old High Germankempfan
7Proto-West Germanickampijanto battle; to campaign
8LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
10Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve

via German mittel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmittelmiddle, in the middle; average, middling
2Middle High Germanmittel
3Old High Germanmittil
4Proto-Germanicmidląmiddle
5Proto-Germanicmidjōmiddle, midst
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-Every word from Latin campus
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