Where does “kafferboom” come from?
kafferboom (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans kaffer, from Afrikaans kraal, from Dutch kraal, from Middle Dutch crael, from Middle Dutch corael, from Old French coral, from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
kafferboom (Afrikaans): coral tree, especially Erythrina caffra
Definitions
- coral tree, especially Erythrina caffra
Ancestry of “kafferboom”, step by step
kafferboom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans kaffer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | kaffer | A non-believer or an infidel; A black person,... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | kraal | A kraal, corral: enclosure for livestock |
| 3 | Dutch | kraal | A bead; Several similarly spheric objects;... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | crael | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | corael | — |
| 6 | Old French | coral | — |
| 7 | Latin | corallium | coral |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κοράλλιον | coral |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἅλς | salt; brine; sea |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Afrikaans boom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | boom | tree |
| 2 | Dutch | Boom | a Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp |
| 3 | Dutch | bodem | bottom; soil, ground; earth surface |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bodem | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | *bodom | — |
| 6 | Old English | botm | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | butmaz | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |