Where does “misdaadroman” come from?
misdaadroman (Dutch) comes from Dutch roman, from French roman, from Old French romanz, from Latin rōmānicē, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
misdaadroman (Dutch): crime novel
Definitions
- crime novel
Ancestry of “misdaadroman”, step by step
misdaadroman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch roman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | roman | A novel |
| 2 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 3 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 4 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Dutch misdaad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | misdaad | crime |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | misdaet | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | misdād | misdeed |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | missadēdiz | misdeed, wrongful act |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dēdiz | deed, act; doing, able to do, active |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéh₁tis | act of putting, placement |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |