Where does “woefkardoes” come from?
woefkardoes (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans kardoes, from Dutch kardoes, from Middle French cartouche, from Italian cartoccio, from Italian carta, from Latin carta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
woefkardoes (Afrikaans): doggy bag
Definitions
- doggy bag
Ancestry of “woefkardoes”, step by step
woefkardoes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans kardoes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | kardoes | paper bag; brown bag |
| 2 | Dutch | kardoes | a package or cartridge containing one charge of black powder for a cannon |
| 3 | Middle French | cartouche | — |
| 4 | Italian | cartoccio | paper bag; cornet; powder charge |
| 5 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 6 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Afrikaans woef
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | woef | woof sound of a dog barking |