Where does “exportgewas” come from?

exportgewas (Dutch) comes from Dutch export, from French export, from French exporter, from Latin exporto, from Latin portō, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

exportgewas (Dutch): cash crop

Definitions

  1. cash crop

Ancestry of “exportgewas”, step by step

exportgewas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch export

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchexportexport
2Frenchexportexport
3Frenchexporterto export
4LatinexportoI carry out; I export; I banish; I send away
5Latinportōto carry, bear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Dutch gewas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgewascrop; plant, vegetation
2Middle Dutchgewas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós
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