Where does “allesverwoestend” come from?

allesverwoestend (Dutch) comes from Dutch verwoesten, from Middle Dutch verwoesten.

allesverwoestend (Dutch): all-destroying

Definitions

  1. all-destroying

Ancestry of “allesverwoestend”, step by step

allesverwoestend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch verwoesten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchverwoestento lay waste, devastate
2Middle Dutchverwoesten—

via Dutch alles

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchallesEverything
2Middle Dutchallesmasculine/neuter genitive singular of al
Every word from Middle Dutch verwoesten →