Where does “doktersafspraak” come from?
doktersafspraak (Dutch) comes from Dutch afspraak, from Dutch afspreken, from Dutch spreken, from Middle Dutch sprēken, from Old Saxon sprekan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic sprekaną, from Proto-Indo-European spreg- — to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,...
doktersafspraak (Dutch): doctor's appointment
Definitions
- doctor's appointment
Ancestry of “doktersafspraak”, step by step
doktersafspraak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch afspraak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | afspraak | arrangement, agreement, understanding;... |
| 2 | Dutch | afspreken | to agree, to make an agreement; to make an... |
| 3 | Dutch | spreken | to speak |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | sprēken | to speak, to say |
| 5 | Old Saxon | sprekan | to speak |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprekan | to speak |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |
via Dutch dokter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dokter | doctor |
| 2 | Dutch | doctor | doctor (person who has attained a doctorate) |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | doctor | — |
| 4 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |