Where does “contrastregelaar” come from?
contrastregelaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch contrast, from French contraste, from Middle French contraste, from Italian contrasto, from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī — where.
contrastregelaar (Dutch): contrast control, switch to control the contrast (on a monitor)
Definitions
- contrast control, switch to control the contrast (on a monitor)
Ancestry of “contrastregelaar”, step by step
contrastregelaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch contrast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | contrast | a contrast |
| 2 | French | contraste | contrast; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | contraste | — |
| 4 | Italian | contrasto | obstacle, hindrance; quarrel, argument, dispute;... |
| 5 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 6 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 8 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 9 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |
via Dutch regelen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | regelen | to regulate, to control; to arrange |
| 2 | Dutch | regel | line of writing, verse; straight line to write... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | regel | row |
| 4 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 5 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |