Where does “appartementencomplex” come from?
appartementencomplex (Dutch) comes from Dutch complex, from French complexe, from Latin complexus, from Latin complector, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
appartementencomplex (Dutch): apartment complex
Definitions
- apartment complex
Ancestry of “appartementencomplex”, step by step
appartementencomplex traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch complex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | complex | complex composite |
| 2 | French | complexe | complex |
| 3 | Latin | complexus | embraced; surrounded; An embrace |
| 4 | Latin | complector | I embrace or hug; I encircle; I include or... |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Dutch appartement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | appartement | an apartment |
| 2 | French | appartement | apartment, flat |
| 3 | Italian | appartamento | apartment, flat |
| 4 | Spanish | apartamiento | separation, seclusion; flat, apartment |
| 5 | Spanish | apartar | to separate, to divide; to set aside; to avert |
| 6 | Spanish | -ar | In adjectives, indicating membership or status;... |
| 7 | Old Spanish | -ar | indicates membership or status |
| 8 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |