Where does “bloembak” come from?
bloembak (Dutch) comes from Dutch bak, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bloembak (Dutch): flower tub (a usually concrete quadrilateral tub used to hold flowers for decorative purposes)
Definitions
- flower tub (a usually concrete quadrilateral tub used to hold flowers for decorative purposes)
Ancestry of “bloembak”, step by step
bloembak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bak | a container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a... |
| 2 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 3 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 6 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 7 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 8 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 9 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 10 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 11 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 12 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Dutch bloem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bloem | flower of flowering plant; flour of wheat or corn |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bloeme | flower |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bluomo | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blōmô | flower |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōaną | to bloom, to flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |