Where does “muskietennet” come from?
muskietennet (Dutch) comes from Dutch Net, from Middle Dutch net, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo, from Proto-Indo-European ney-.
muskietennet (Dutch): mosquito net
Definitions
- mosquito net
Ancestry of “muskietennet”, step by step
muskietennet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Net
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Net | Reticulum |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | net | neat, decent, pretty |
| 3 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 5 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 6 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 9 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Dutch muskiet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | muskiet | A tropical mosquito of the family Culicidae that... |
| 2 | Portuguese | mosquito | mosquito |
| 3 | Spanish | Mosquito | mosquito |
| 4 | Old Spanish | mosquito | Diminutive of mosca; a mosquito |
| 5 | Old Spanish | mosca | fly |
| 6 | Latin | musca | a fly; an inquisitive or prying people |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μυῖα | a fly |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mūs- | fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,... |