Where does “edik” come from?
edik (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch edict, from Middle Dutch edict, from Latin ēdictum, from Latin ēdictus, from Latin ēdīcō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
edik (Afrikaans): edict, decree
Definitions
- edict, decree
Ancestry of “edik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | edict | edict |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | edict | — |
| 3 | Latin | ēdictum | a proclamation, ordinance, edict, decree or manifesto by a magistrate |
| 4 | Latin | ēdictus | declared |
| 5 | Latin | ēdīcō | to declare, publish, establish, announce |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |