Etymology

apparat

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Today it means: The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure. Full definition →

Russian аппара́т (apparát) ← Latin apparātus ← Proto-Italic *paro-
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apparat · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥h₃o-
  7. Proto-Italic*paro-
  8. Latinparō
  9. Latinapparō
  10. Latinapparātus
  11. Russianаппара́т (apparát)
  12. English todayapparat

Borrowed from Russian аппара́т (apparát, “apparatus, apparat”). Doublet of apparatus.

apparat · noun2

  1. Russian · borrowed fromаппара́т
  2. German · borrowed fromApparat
  3. English todayapparat

From German Apparat and Russian аппара́т (apparát). Doublet of apparatus.

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