Where does “minderwaardigheidscomplex” come from?
minderwaardigheidscomplex (Dutch) comes from Dutch complex, from French complexe, from Latin complexus, from Latin complector, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
minderwaardigheidscomplex (Dutch): inferiority complex
Definitions
- inferiority complex
Ancestry of “minderwaardigheidscomplex”, step by step
minderwaardigheidscomplex traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch complex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | complex | complex composite |
| 2 | French | complexe | complex |
| 3 | Latin | complexus | embraced; surrounded; An embrace |
| 4 | Latin | complector | I embrace or hug; I encircle; I include or... |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Dutch minderwaardigheid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | minderwaardigheid | inferiority |
| 2 | Dutch | minderwaardig | inferior; low in quality |
| 3 | Dutch | -waardig | appended to verb stems, adjectives or nouns to... |
| 4 | Dutch | waardig | worthy; stately |
| 5 | Dutch | waarde | value, worth; moral value |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | wert | host; innkeeper; inflection of werden: ##... |
| 7 | Old Dutch | wert | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | werduz | host |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | (H)uer- | — |