Where does “cartotheek” come from?
cartotheek (Dutch) comes from French cartothèque, from French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
cartotheek (Dutch): a file system
Definitions
- a file system
Ancestry of “cartotheek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cartothèque | map room |
| 2 | French | carte | card; chart; map; menu |
| 3 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 4 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 5 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 6 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 7 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |