Where does “bureaublad” come from?
bureaublad (Dutch) comes from Dutch bureau, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
bureaublad (Dutch): desktop
Definitions
- desktop
Ancestry of “bureaublad”, step by step
bureaublad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bureau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bureau | desk; office |
| 2 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 3 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 4 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Dutch blad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | blad | leaf; sheet of paper, leaf; page |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | blat | leaf; page; panel |
| 3 | Old Dutch | blāt | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blad | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bladą | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlh̥₃oto | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |