Where does “debuteer” come from?
debuteer (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch debuteren, from French débuter, from French but, from French boire, from Middle French boire, from Old French boivre, from Latin bibere, from Latin bibō — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
debuteer (Afrikaans): debut
Ancestry of “debuteer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | debuteren | to debut, make one's debut |
| 2 | French | débuter | to start; to debut, to make one's debut |
| 3 | French | but | aim; goal; third-person singular past historic of... |
| 4 | French | boire | to drink |
| 5 | Middle French | boire | to drink |
| 6 | Old French | boivre | to drink; a drink |
| 7 | Latin | bibere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | bibō | — |
| 9 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |