Where does “VVV-kantoor” come from?
VVV-kantoor (Dutch) comes from Dutch kantoor, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
VVV-kantoor (Dutch): tourist office
Definitions
- tourist office
Ancestry of “VVV-kantoor”, step by step
VVV-kantoor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kantoor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kantoor | office |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | cantoor | — |
| 3 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 4 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 5 | Old French | compter | — |
| 6 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Dutch VVV
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | VVV | a network of tourist offices in the Netherlands |