Where does “driehoeksmeetkunde” come from?
driehoeksmeetkunde (Dutch) comes from Dutch meetkunde, from Dutch meten, from Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.
driehoeksmeetkunde (Dutch): trigonometry
Definitions
- trigonometry
Ancestry of “driehoeksmeetkunde”, step by step
driehoeksmeetkunde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch meetkunde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | meetkunde | geometry |
| 2 | Dutch | meten | to measure; to measure up |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mēten | to measure |
| 4 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
via Dutch Driehoek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Driehoek | Triangulum |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | driehoec | — |
| 3 | Latin | triangulum | triangle; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | triangulus | triangular, three-cornered, three-sided;... |
| 5 | Latin | Angulus | A city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂engulos | joint? |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eng- | curve, bend |