Where does “meertrapsraket” come from?

meertrapsraket (Dutch) comes from Dutch raket, from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

meertrapsraket (Dutch): multistage rocket

Definitions

  1. multistage rocket

Ancestry of “meertrapsraket”, step by step

meertrapsraket traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch raket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchraketrocket, missile; firework; a type of ice cream in...
2GermanRaketerocket, missile
3Italianrocchettaincendiary rocket
4Italianrocchettospool; reel; coil
5Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
6English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
7Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
8Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
9Latin-ātused
10Proto-Italic-ātos
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Dutch meer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmeerlake; sea; comparative degree of veel; more
2Middle Dutchmêerborder, boundary
3Old Dutchmeriborder, boundary
4Proto-West Germanicmārīfamous; story, tale; message
5Proto-Germanicmarisea, ocean; lake, body of water
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Dutch trap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtrapstairs, staircase; ladder; degree, grade
2Germantrappebustard
3Middle High Germantrappe
4Proto-Germanictrap-
5Proto-Indo-Europeandreb-
6Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos