Where does “fregatvogel” come from?
fregatvogel (Dutch) comes from Dutch fregat, from Middle French frégate, from Italian fregata, from Latin aphractus, from Ancient Greek ἄφρακτος, from Ancient Greek φράκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα — passed , crossed.
fregatvogel (Dutch): a frigate bird, the species Fregata aquila or another rapacious seabird of the Fregatidae family
Definitions
- a frigate bird, the species Fregata aquila or another rapacious seabird of the Fregatidae family
Ancestry of “fregatvogel”, step by step
fregatvogel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch fregat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fregat | A frigate, a type of warship, applied to... |
| 2 | Middle French | frégate | — |
| 3 | Italian | fregata | rub, polish; rip-off; feminine singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | aphractus | An open boat |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄφρακτος | unfenced, unfortified, unguarded |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φράκτης | sluice with gates |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Dutch vogel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vogel | bird, any member of the class Aves; gaai, a... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vōgel | bird |
| 3 | Old Dutch | fogal | bird |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fugl | bird |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fuglaz | bird |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fluglaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fleuganą | to fly |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |