English
ahnentafel
Ahnentafel comes from German Ahnentafel.
- Germanc. 1650–presentAhnentafelliterally ‘ancestors table’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006ahnentafel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentAhnentafelliterally ‘ancestors table’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006ahnentafel
Earliest quotation: 2006, Kimberly Powell, Simon and Schuster: “To avoid the difficulties caused by this inventive numbering,…”
The story
Borrowed from German Ahnentafel (literally “ancestors table”).
Every English word from German Ahnentafel
Today it means
noun A genealogical numbering system for listing a person's direct ancestors.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Ahnentafel / ahnentafel