Where does “onafhankelijkheid” come from?
onafhankelijkheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch onafhankelijk, from Dutch afhankelijk, from French dépendant, from French dépendre, from Italian dipendere, from Spanish depender, from Latin dependeo, from Latin dē- — afterwards, post; by, at.
onafhankelijkheid (Dutch): independence
Definitions
- independence
Ancestry of “onafhankelijkheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | onafhankelijk | independent; irrespective of; independently |
| 2 | Dutch | afhankelijk | dependent; depending |
| 3 | French | dépendant | present participle of dépendre; dependent;... |
| 4 | French | dépendre | to depend |
| 5 | Italian | dipendere | to depend (on something), to be up to (someone), to hang (on), to come from, to be due to |
| 6 | Spanish | depender | to depend, to be subject to; to depend on, to... |
| 7 | Latin | dependeo | I hang down, from or on; I wait for; I am... |
| 8 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 9 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |