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Where does “abbilden” come from?

abbilden (German) comes 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.

abbilden (German): To portray, to depict, to picture; To map, to...

Definitions

  1. To portray, to depict, to picture; To map, to...

Ancestry of “abbilden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanab-Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or...
2GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
3Middle High Germanab—
4Old High Germanabof
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abbilden”

  • Abbildungstechnik
  • Abbildung
  • Abbildungstechnologie
  • avbilde
  • avbildning
  • avbilde
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