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Where does “ausdrücklich” come from?

ausdrücklich (German) comes from German ausdrücken, from German Ausdruck, from German ausdrucken, from German drucken, from Middle High German drucken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną — boundary, end.

ausdrücklich (German): explicit, express; expressly

Definitions

  1. explicit, express; expressly

Ancestry of “ausdrücklich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanausdrückento squeeze, to squeeze out; to express
2GermanAusdruckexpression, term; diction; expression,...
3Germanausdruckento print out
4Germandruckento print
5Middle High Germandrucken—
6Old High Germandrucchento press
7Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
8Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
9Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
10Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
11Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
12Proto-Italictermenos—
13Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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