Where does “ontstressen” come from?
ontstressen (Dutch) comes from Dutch stress, from English stress, from Middle English destresse, from Old French destrecier, from Latin distringō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
ontstressen (Dutch): to destress
Definitions
- to destress
Ancestry of “ontstressen”, step by step
ontstressen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch stress
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | stress | stress |
| 2 | English | stress | A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing... |
| 3 | Middle English | destresse | — |
| 4 | Old French | destrecier | to distress |
| 5 | Latin | distringō | to stretch out or apart |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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)" |