Where does “onbegrip” come from?
onbegrip (Dutch) comes from Dutch begrip, from Middle Dutch begrip, from Old Dutch bigrip.
onbegrip (Dutch): incomprehension
Definitions
- incomprehension
Ancestry of “onbegrip”, step by step
onbegrip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch begrip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | begrip | understanding, comprehension; understanding,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | begrip | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bigrip | — |
via Dutch on
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | on | rarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-) |