Where does “telefoonnommer” come from?
telefoonnommer (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans telefoon, from Dutch telefoon, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
telefoonnommer (Afrikaans): telephone number
Definitions
- telephone number
Ancestry of “telefoonnommer”, step by step
telefoonnommer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans telefoon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | telefoon | telephone |
| 2 | Dutch | telefoon | telephone |
| 3 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Afrikaans nommer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | nommer | number |
| 2 | Dutch | nummer | number used as a means of identification; number;... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | nommer | number |
| 4 | Old French | nombre | Alternative form of nonbre |
| 5 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |