Where does “desinfecteren” come from?
desinfecteren (Dutch) comes from French désinfecter, from French infecter, from Latin infectus, from Latin īnficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
desinfecteren (Dutch): to disinfect
Ancestry of “desinfecteren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | désinfecter | to disinfect |
| 2 | French | infecter | to infect |
| 3 | Latin | infectus | not done, undone; unfinished; impossible |
| 4 | Latin | īnficiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |