Where does “cadeaudochter” come from?
cadeaudochter (Dutch) comes from Dutch cadeau, from French cadeau, from Old Occitan capdel, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
cadeaudochter (Dutch): stepdaughter
Definitions
- stepdaughter
Ancestry of “cadeaudochter”, step by step
cadeaudochter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch cadeau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | cadeau | present; gift |
| 2 | French | cadeau | present, gift |
| 3 | Old Occitan | capdel | ornament |
| 4 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Dutch dochter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dochter | daughter; offshoot, something derivative or... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dochter | daughter |
| 3 | Old Dutch | dohter | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | dohter | daughter |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | duhtēr | daughter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰugh₂tḗr | daughter |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewgʰ- | to produce, to produce something useful; to be... |