Where does “boulevardkrant” come from?
boulevardkrant (Dutch) comes from Dutch boulevard, from French boulevard, from Middle French bolevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from Middle High German bole, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-West Germanic bollā.
boulevardkrant (Dutch): tabloid
Definitions
- tabloid
Ancestry of “boulevardkrant”, step by step
boulevardkrant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch boulevard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | boulevard | boulevard |
| 2 | French | boulevard | causeway; boulevard |
| 3 | Middle French | bolevard | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bolwerc | bulwark, bastion |
| 5 | Middle High German | bolwerc | — |
| 6 | Middle High German | bole | plank, beam |
| 7 | Old High German | bolla | round vessel, bowl |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | bollā | ball; bowl |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bullǭ | round object, ball; round vessel, bowl |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Dutch krant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | krant | newspaper |
| 2 | Dutch | courant | current, prevalent, standard; currency; Archaic... |
| 3 | French | courant | present participle of courir; current; current,... |
| 4 | Old French | corant | present participle of corre; running; in the... |
| 5 | Old French | corre | to run; to gallop; to travel in general |
| 6 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |