Where does “kwetsbaarheid” come from?
kwetsbaarheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch kwetsbaar, from Dutch kwetsen, from Middle Dutch quetsen, from Old Dutch quezzon, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
kwetsbaarheid (Dutch): vulnerability
Definitions
- vulnerability
Ancestry of “kwetsbaarheid”, step by step
kwetsbaarheid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kwetsbaar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kwetsbaar | vulnerable |
| 2 | Dutch | kwetsen | to hurt; to wound, to injure; to offend, to... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | quetsen | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | quezzon | to injure |
| 5 | Old French | quasser | to break; to annul; to quash |
| 6 | Latin | quassō | to shake repeatedly, to quake |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Dutch heid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | heid | — |