Where does “Vatikaans” come from?
Vatikaans (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans Vatikaan, from Dutch Vaticaan, from Latin Vātī̆cānus, from Latin vātēs, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂t- — excited, inspired; possessed, raging.
Vatikaans (Afrikaans): Vatican, Vaticanic, Vaticanal, Vaticanian of, from, or pertaining to the Vatican City or its inhabitants
Definitions
- Vatican, Vaticanic, Vaticanal, Vaticanian of, from, or pertaining to the Vatican City or its inhabitants
Ancestry of “Vatikaans”, step by step
Vatikaans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans Vatikaan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | Vatikaan | — |
| 2 | Dutch | Vaticaan | — |
| 3 | Latin | Vātī̆cānus | — |
| 4 | Latin | vātēs | seer, soothsayer, diviner, prophet, prophetess |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₂t- | excited, inspired; possessed, raging |
via Afrikaans s
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | s | — |