Where does “middelpuntzoekende kracht” come from?
middelpuntzoekende kracht (Dutch) comes from Dutch middelpunt, from Dutch punt, from French point, from Middle French poinct, from Old French point, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
middelpuntzoekende kracht (Dutch): centripetal force
Ancestry of “middelpuntzoekende kracht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | middelpunt | middle point, centre |
| 2 | Dutch | punt | point; The terminal point of something; dot |
| 3 | French | point | point; full stop, period; stitch pattern |
| 4 | Middle French | poinct | point; not |
| 5 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 6 | Latin | pūnctum | — |
| 7 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 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 |