Where does “bontbekplevier” come from?
bontbekplevier (Dutch) comes from Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bontbekplevier (Dutch): ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Definitions
- ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ancestry of “bontbekplevier”, step by step
bontbekplevier traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bek | a bird's beak; any animal's mouth; a human mouth |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bec | — |
| 3 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 4 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Dutch plevier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | plevier | plover, certain waders of the family Charadriidae |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | pluvier | — |
| 3 | Old French | plovier | plover |
| 4 | Latin | pluviārius | — |
| 5 | Latin | pluvia | rain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | pluvius | rainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a... |
| 7 | Latin | pluit | It rains; it is raining |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plowō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléweti | — |
via Dutch bont
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bont | fur; multi-coloured, party-coloured, motley,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bont | bundle, truss |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |