Where does “ontvangstcomité” come from?
ontvangstcomité (Dutch) comes from Dutch comité, from French comité, from English committee, from English commit, from Middle English committen, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
ontvangstcomité (Dutch): welcoming committee
Definitions
- welcoming committee
Ancestry of “ontvangstcomité”, step by step
ontvangstcomité traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch comité
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | comité | committee |
| 2 | French | comité | committee |
| 3 | English | committee | A body of one or more persons convened for the... |
| 4 | English | commit | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;... |
| 5 | Middle English | committen | to entrust |
| 6 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Dutch ontvangst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ontvangst | reception, welcome |
| 2 | Dutch | ontvangen | to receive |
| 3 | Dutch | ontvaan | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | ontvaen | to catch; to receive, to be given, to accept; to... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | ont- | un-, de-; Forms inchoative verbs, indicating that... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | int- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | in- | strong |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | indʰro- | swelling; strong |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | oyd- | to swell |