Where does “pretpark” come from?

pretpark (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans park, from Dutch park, from Dutch perk, from Middle Dutch perc, from Old Dutch perk, from Frankish parrik, from Proto-Germanic parrukaz — fence; enclosure.

pretpark (Afrikaans): amusement park

Definitions

  1. amusement park

Ancestry of “pretpark”, step by step

pretpark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans park

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansparkpark
2Dutchparkpark
3Dutchperka delimited piece of ground, e.g. a flowerbed
4Middle Dutchperc—
5Old Dutchperk—
6Frankishparrikenclosure, pen; enclosure, fenced-in area
7Proto-Germanicparrukazfence; enclosure

via Afrikaans pret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanspretfun
2Dutchpretfun
Every word from Proto-Germanic parrukaz →