Where does “Nieuw-Amsterdam” come from?
Nieuw-Amsterdam (Dutch) comes from Dutch Amsterdam, from Middle Dutch Aemstelredam, from Dutch dam, from Middle French dame, from Spanish dama, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna — to build; to arrange, to put together.
Nieuw-Amsterdam (Dutch): New Amsterdam, the Dutch colony on the North American East Coast which later became British as New York (renamed after an English city)
Definitions
- New Amsterdam, the Dutch colony on the North American East Coast which later became British as New York (renamed after an English city)
Ancestry of “Nieuw-Amsterdam”, step by step
Nieuw-Amsterdam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Amsterdam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Amsterdam | — |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | Aemstelredam | — |
| 3 | Dutch | dam | dam; king |
| 4 | Middle French | dame | dame, double checkers piece |
| 5 | Spanish | dama | lady, dame; queen |
| 6 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 7 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 8 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 9 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 10 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 11 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |