Where does “ontluisteren” come from?
ontluisteren (Dutch) comes from Dutch luister, from French lustre, from Middle French lustre, from Italian lustro, from Italian lustrare, from Latin lūstrō, from Latin lūstrum, from Old Latin loustrom — bright; to shine; to see.
ontluisteren (Dutch): to tarnish, remove lustre
Definitions
- to tarnish, remove lustre
Ancestry of “ontluisteren”, step by step
ontluisteren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch luister
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | luister | lustre/luster, splendor; glory |
| 2 | French | lustre | lustrum; period of five years; a very long time;... |
| 3 | Middle French | lustre | lustre; shine |
| 4 | Italian | lustro | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Italian | lustrare | to polish, shine |
| 6 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 7 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 8 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
via Dutch ont- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ont- -en | Forms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)" |