Where does “aktetas” come from?
aktetas (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch aktetas, from Dutch tas, from French tasse, from Middle French tasse, from Arabic طَاس, from Persian تست, from English Test, from German testen — a third party standing, after the two parties to...
aktetas (Afrikaans): briefcase
Definitions
- briefcase
Ancestry of “aktetas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | aktetas | briefcase |
| 2 | Dutch | tas | bag; cup; heap |
| 3 | French | tasse | cup; cupful |
| 4 | Middle French | tasse | — |
| 5 | Arabic | طَاس | bowl, basin; bowl, cup |
| 6 | Persian | تست | test |
| 7 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 8 | German | testen | to test |
| 9 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 10 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 11 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 12 | Old French | teste | head |
| 13 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 14 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 15 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |