Where does “net” come from?
net (Dutch) comes 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-, from Cebuano -hi.
net (Dutch): net; television channel; omentum, caul
Definitions
- net; television channel; omentum, caul
Ancestry of “net”, step by step
net traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch net
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | net | neat, decent, pretty |
| 2 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 4 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 5 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 8 | Cebuano | -hi | — |