Where does “boekery” come from?
boekery (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch boekerij, from Dutch -erij, from Old French -erie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
boekery (Afrikaans): library
Definitions
- library
Ancestry of “boekery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | boekerij | library; collection of books |
| 2 | Dutch | -erij | An activity; A place associated with an activity... |
| 3 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 4 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |