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Where does “burgerrechtenbeweging” come from?

burgerrechtenbeweging (Dutch) comes from Dutch burgerrecht, from Dutch burger, from English Burger, from English Hamburger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.

burgerrechtenbeweging (Dutch): civil rights movement

Definitions

  1. civil rights movement

Ancestry of “burgerrechtenbeweging”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchburgerrechtcivil right
2Dutchburgercitizen; middle-class or bourgeois person,...
3EnglishBurgerAlternative spelling of Burgher; A white wine...
4EnglishHamburgerA person from Hamburg
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-āre—
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
13Chichewaiyehe, she
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