Where does “huwelijksbureau” come from?
huwelijksbureau (Dutch) comes from Dutch bureau, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
huwelijksbureau (Dutch): dating agency
Definitions
- dating agency
Ancestry of “huwelijksbureau”, step by step
huwelijksbureau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bureau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bureau | desk; office |
| 2 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 3 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 4 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Dutch huwelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | huwelijk | marriage |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | huwelic | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | leec | singing; playing, game |
| 4 | Latin | lāicus | lay (of the laity) |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λαϊκός | of the people; popular |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λᾱός | people; men; the people |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | lāwós | people, crowd |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂wos | people |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂- | to bark, howl; to be concealed |