Amt

German (Berlin)

/amt/

noun
Definitions
  • agency; department; office state institution responsible for specified concerns
  • office; post public function, e.g. of a civil servant
  • (Roman Catholicism) mass; office

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German ambahte inherited from Old High German ambahti (position, office) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (servant) derived from Gaulish ambaxtos (vassal, dependant, one who is sent around, high-ranking servant) derived from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (servant).

Origin

Proto-Celtic

*ambaxtos

Gloss

servant

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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