Where does “begrotingstekort” come from?
begrotingstekort (Dutch) comes from Dutch tekort, from Dutch kort, from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
begrotingstekort (Dutch): budget deficit
Definitions
- budget deficit
Ancestry of “begrotingstekort”, step by step
begrotingstekort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch tekort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tekort | shortage, deficit |
| 2 | Dutch | kort | short |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | cort | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | kurt | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kurt | short |
| 6 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
via Dutch begroting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | begroting | A budget, projected income and spending of a... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | begrotinge | — |