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
- explicit, express; expressly
Ancestry of “ausdrücklich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | ausdrücken | to squeeze, to squeeze out; to express |
| 2 | German | Ausdruck | expression, term; diction; expression,... |
| 3 | German | ausdrucken | to print out |
| 4 | German | drucken | to print |
| 5 | Middle High German | drucken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 10 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 11 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |