Where does “dok” come from?
dok (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch dok, from Middle Dutch docke, from Italian doccia, from Italian doccione, from Latin ductiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
dok (Afrikaans): dock
Definitions
- dock
Ancestry of “dok”, step by step
dok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dok
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dok | dock |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | docke | a doll; channel |
| 3 | Italian | doccia | shower; drainpipe; plaster cast |
| 4 | Italian | doccione | spout (for water); gargoyle |
| 5 | Latin | ductiō | leading (away) |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Afrikaans dokter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | dokter | medical doctor, physician |
| 2 | Dutch | dokter | doctor |
| 3 | Dutch | doctor | doctor (person who has attained a doctorate) |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | doctor | — |
| 5 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |