Where does “damspel” come from?
damspel (Dutch) comes from Dutch dammen, from Middle French dame, from Spanish dama, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus — to build; to arrange, to put together.
damspel (Dutch): The board game checkers; A set of board and...
Definitions
- The board game checkers; A set of board and...
Ancestry of “damspel”, step by step
damspel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dammen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dammen | to play checkers; checkers, draughts; to dam |
| 2 | Middle French | dame | dame, double checkers piece |
| 3 | Spanish | dama | lady, dame; queen |
| 4 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 5 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 6 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 7 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 8 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 9 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
via Dutch spel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spel | game; playing |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spellen | to explain; to spell, to predict; to mean, to... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | spellon | to explain |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spellōną | to talk, tell, recount |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spellą | news, message; tale, story |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |