Where does “bouwvakkersdecolleté” come from?
bouwvakkersdecolleté (Dutch) comes from Dutch decolleté, from French décolleté, from French décolleter, from French dé-, from Middle French dés-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
bouwvakkersdecolleté (Dutch): A plumber's crack, a builder's bum: cleavage...
Definitions
- A plumber's crack, a builder's bum: cleavage...
Ancestry of “bouwvakkersdecolleté”, step by step
bouwvakkersdecolleté traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch decolleté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | decolleté | décolleté, cleavage, a low neckline; a neckline... |
| 2 | French | décolleté | low-cut; decapitated; cleavage |
| 3 | French | décolleter | to reveal the neck or neckline |
| 4 | French | dé- | used to make antonyms |
| 5 | Middle French | dés- | de-; dis |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Dutch bouwvakker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bouwvakker | A builder, construction worker |
| 2 | Dutch | bouwvak | The construction business, trade; The builder's... |
| 3 | Dutch | bouwen | to build, to construct; to cultivate, to till |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bouwen | to build, to found; to till, to work; to inhabit,... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | buwan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *būan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |