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When was the German word Homeoffice coined?
The term was most likely coined between 1990 and 1994.
First Occurrences: 1994
When looking at the first occurrences of the term, it won't be possible to be certain about the very earliest occurrences ...
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Where does “Angeln“ come from?
The etymology is contested. It is common sense that Anglican derives from anglo-, an archaic form of eng- as in England, and scholarly concensus holds, that the ethonym Angels derives from a toponym ...
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Etymologie von "verwordakelt"; was bedeutet "teigeln"?
Ich denke das Wort verwoataglt, verwordaklt, oder verwortaglt stammt von den Wörtern verworren und getakelt ab. Außerdem findet sich die Takelage ja auch zweckentfremdet wieder, wenn sich Menschen ...
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