Where does “burgerluchtvaart” come from?
burgerluchtvaart (Dutch) comes from Dutch burger, from English Burger, from English Hamburger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
burgerluchtvaart (Dutch): civilian aviation, civilian air travel
Definitions
- civilian aviation, civilian air travel
Ancestry of “burgerluchtvaart”, step by step
burgerluchtvaart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch burger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | burger | citizen; middle-class or bourgeois person,... |
| 2 | English | Burger | Alternative spelling of Burgher; A white wine... |
| 3 | English | Hamburger | A person from Hamburg |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch luchtvaart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | luchtvaart | aviation |
| 2 | Dutch | lucht | air; sky; odour, smell |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lucht | air; sky; smell, odour |
| 4 | Old Dutch | luft | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |