Where does “atoomklok” come from?
atoomklok (Dutch) comes from Dutch klok, from Dutch klokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *clocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic klokkos.
atoomklok (Dutch): atomic clock
Definitions
- atomic clock
Ancestry of “atoomklok”, step by step
atoomklok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch klok
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | klok | clock; watch; bell |
| 2 | Dutch | klokke | alternative form of klok; bell |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | clocke | bell; something bell-shaped |
| 4 | Old Dutch | *clocca | bell |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *klokkā | bell |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | clocca | bell; travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so... |
| 7 | Old Irish | cloc | bell; clock |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | klokkos | bell |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klēg- | — |
via Dutch atoom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | atoom | An atom; A tiny bit |
| 2 | French | atome | atom; scrap, jot, iota, whit |
| 3 | Middle French | athome | atom |
| 4 | Latin | atomus | indivisible; an atom, particle incapable of being... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄτομος | uncut; indivisible, not capable of being... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |