Where does “Unternehmensstrategie” come from?
Unternehmensstrategie (German) comes from German Strategie, from French stratégie, from Old French strategie, from Latin strategia, from Ancient Greek στρατηγία, from Ancient Greek στρατηγός, from Ancient Greek ἄγω, from Proto-Hellenic ágō — to drive.
Unternehmensstrategie (German): corporate strategy, business strategy the overall direction and scope of an organization and how its various business operations work together to achieve particular goals
Definitions
- corporate strategy, business strategy the overall direction and scope of an organization and how its various business operations work together to achieve particular goals
Ancestry of “Unternehmensstrategie”, step by step
Unternehmensstrategie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Strategie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Strategie | strategy; The strategy pattern |
| 2 | French | stratégie | strategy |
| 3 | Old French | strategie | — |
| 4 | Latin | strategia | a government, strategy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στρατηγία | office of general, command; generalship; province... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | στρατηγός | A leader or commander of an army: general; The... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄγω | to lead, fetch, bring along (a living creature), take with |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ágō | to lead, to guide |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via German unternehmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | unternehmen | to undertake |
| 2 | German | unter- | sub-, under- |
| 3 | German | Unter | jack, knave |
| 4 | Middle High German | under | — |
| 5 | Old High German | untar | under |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |