Where does “milieuvriendelijk” come from?
milieuvriendelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch milieu, from French milieu, from Middle French milieu, from Old French milliu, from Old French lieu, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.
milieuvriendelijk (Dutch): environmentally friendly
Definitions
- environmentally friendly
Ancestry of “milieuvriendelijk”, step by step
milieuvriendelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch milieu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | milieu | environment; milieu |
| 2 | French | milieu | middle; center; setting; environment;... |
| 3 | Middle French | milieu | — |
| 4 | Old French | milliu | — |
| 5 | Old French | lieu | — |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via Dutch vriendelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vriendelijk | friendly, kind; friendly, kindly |
| 2 | Dutch | -lijk | -ly, -al, -ous; -able |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -lijc | -ly, -like, -ous |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -līk | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |