Where does “muurleeuwenbek” come from?
muurleeuwenbek (Dutch) comes from Dutch leeuwenbek, from Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
muurleeuwenbek (Dutch): ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
Definitions
- ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
Ancestry of “muurleeuwenbek”, step by step
muurleeuwenbek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch leeuwenbek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | leeuwenbek | a lion's mouth |
| 2 | Dutch | bek | a bird's beak; any animal's mouth; a human mouth |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bec | — |
| 4 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 5 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |