Where does “Beamten” come from?

Beamten (Luxembourgish) comes from German Beamter, from Afrikaans beampte, from Dutch beambte, from Dutch beambt.

Beamten (Luxembourgish): employee, official, officer

Definitions

  1. employee, official, officer

Ancestry of “Beamten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBeamterofficer, civil servant, public servant;...
2Afrikaansbeampteofficial, civil servant
3Dutchbeambteofficial, public servant
4Dutchbeambt—
Every word from Dutch beambt →Every word from Dutch beambte →Every word from Afrikaans beampte →