Where does “menigte” come from?

menigte (Dutch) comes from Dutch te, from Middle Dutch te, from Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic ta, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

menigte (Dutch): crowd

Definitions

  1. crowd

Ancestry of “menigte”, step by step

menigte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtetoo; to; located at, in, on
2Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
3Old Dutchte
4Proto-Germanictato
5Proto-Germanicto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

via Dutch menig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmenigmany a
2Middle Dutchmenichmany, many a; various
3Old Dutchmanag
4Proto-Germanicmanagazmany; much
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmenegʰ-many, sufficient
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deEvery word from Proto-Germanic Every word from Proto-Germanic ta
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