Where does “amsterdamalbatros” come from?
amsterdamalbatros (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.
amsterdamalbatros (Dutch): Amsterdam albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis)
Definitions
- Amsterdam albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis)
Ancestry of “amsterdamalbatros”, step by step
amsterdamalbatros 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 |
via Dutch albatros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | albatros | albatross, seabird of the family Diomedeidae |
| 2 | English | albatross | Any of various large seabirds of the family... |
| 3 | Spanish | alcatraz | gannet; roll of paper, paper cone, cornet; arum |
| 4 | Arabic | قرطاس | paper, page; book, scroll, parchment; papyrus |
| 5 | Arabic | قِرْطَاس | paper, page |
| 6 | Aramaic | קַרְטֵיסָא | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |