Where does “Unterabteilung” come from?
Unterabteilung (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.
Unterabteilung (German): branch, subdivision, subsection
Definitions
- branch, subdivision, subsection
Ancestry of “Unterabteilung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |