Where does “etterbuil” come from?
etterbuil (Dutch) comes from Dutch etter, from French être, from Old French estre, from Late Latin essere, from Latin sūm, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.
etterbuil (Dutch): a localized accumulation of pus in the skin; a...
Definitions
- a localized accumulation of pus in the skin; a...
Ancestry of “etterbuil”, step by step
etterbuil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch etter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | etter | pus; A nasty person, a prat |
| 2 | French | être | to be; "Used to form the perfect and pluperfect... |
| 3 | Old French | estre | to be |
| 4 | Late Latin | essere | — |
| 5 | Latin | sūm | to be, exist |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ezom | to be |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
via Dutch buil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | buil | A bruise, a bump; A boil, a swelling |
| 2 | Dutch | buidel | A pouch, small closed bag or purse; The pouch... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | budel | — |
| 4 | Latin | botellus | a small sausage |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |