Where does “massademonstratie” come from?
massademonstratie (Dutch) comes from Dutch demonstratie, from French démonstration, from Latin demonstratio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
massademonstratie (Dutch): mass demonstration
Definitions
- mass demonstration
Ancestry of “massademonstratie”, step by step
massademonstratie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch demonstratie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | demonstratie | demonstration, demo; demonstration, exposition;... |
| 2 | French | démonstration | demonstration |
| 3 | Latin | demonstratio | indication, description, designation,... |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Dutch massa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | massa | mass, large amount; mass; multitude, mass, throng |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | masse | — |
| 3 | Old French | masse | — |
| 4 | Latin | massa | mass, bulk; load, burden; dough |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μᾶζα | barley-bread or cake |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μάσσω | to handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mh₂ǵyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂ǵ- | to knead, stroke |