Where does “Pol” come from?

Pol (Dutch) comes from Dutch Apollonius, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλώνιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Pol (Dutch): a bundle of plants, with the soil it stands on or that hangs from it

Definitions

  1. a bundle of plants, with the soil it stands on or that hangs from it

Ancestry of “Pol”, step by step

Pol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Apollonius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchApollonius—
2Ancient GreekἈπολλώνιοςof or belonging to Apollo
3Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Dutch Leopold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchLeopold—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλώνιος →