Where does “betaalmuur” come from?

betaalmuur (Dutch) comes from English paywall, from English pay, from Middle English payen, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

betaalmuur (Dutch): paywall the mechanism on a website that provides certain content only to paying visitors

Definitions

  1. paywall the mechanism on a website that provides certain content only to paying visitors

Ancestry of “betaalmuur”, step by step

betaalmuur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English paywall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaywallA feature of a website, application or service...
2EnglishpayTo give money or other compensation to in...
3Middle Englishpayenpagan
4Old Frenchpaiierto pay
5Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
6Latinpācāre
7Latinpāxpeace
8Proto-Italicpākspeace
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via Dutch muur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchmuurA wall; A type of fast-food vending machine with...
2Middle Dutchmuurwall
3Old Dutchmūr
4Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
5Old Latinmoerus
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Dutch betalen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbetalento pay
2Middle Dutchbetalen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-