Where does “navelpiercing” come from?
navelpiercing (Dutch) comes from Dutch piercing, from English piercing, from English pierce, from Middle English perce, from Old French percier, from Latin pertusiāre, from Latin pertūsus, from Latin pertundere — to praise, laud.
navelpiercing (Dutch): navel piercing
Definitions
- navel piercing
Ancestry of “navelpiercing”, step by step
navelpiercing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch piercing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | piercing | piercing ornament |
| 2 | English | piercing | present participle of pierce; The action of the... |
| 3 | English | pierce | to puncture; to break through; to create a hole... |
| 4 | Middle English | perce | pierce |
| 5 | Old French | percier | to pierce |
| 6 | Latin | pertusiāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pertūsus | perforated |
| 8 | Latin | pertundere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | pertundo | I bore through, perforate |
| 10 | Latin | tundo | I beat, strike, buffet; I pound, bruise, crush,... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | tundō | beat, strike |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewd- | to push, to hit |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | stew- | to praise, laud |