Where does “altaar” come from?
altaar (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch altare, from Old Dutch altare, from Latin altāre, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
altaar (Dutch): altar
Definitions
- altar
Ancestry of “altaar”, step by step
altaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch altare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | altare | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | altare | — |
| 3 | Latin | altāre | altar, fitting for burnt offerings |
| 4 | Latin | adoleō | to emit an odor, smell |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin altare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | altare | present active infinitive of altō; altar, fitting... |
| 2 | Latin | adolere | present active infinitive of adoleō;... |
| 3 | Latin | adoleo | I emit an odor, smell; I magnify or pile up with... |
| 4 | Latin | oleo | I smell; I emit an odor, especially a bad odor; I... |
| 5 | Latin | olo | Archaic form of oleō; smell |