Where does “onderzoekbureau” come from?

onderzoekbureau (Dutch) comes from Dutch bureau, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

onderzoekbureau (Dutch): research bureau

Definitions

  1. research bureau

Ancestry of “onderzoekbureau”, step by step

onderzoekbureau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bureau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbureaudesk; office
2Frenchbureaudesk; office; ticket office
3Middle Frenchburel
4Old Frenchburelfrieze; a garment made out of frieze
5Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Dutch onderzoek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonderzoekresearch, experiment, study, trial, test, survey;...
2Middle Dutchondersoec
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós