Where does “opiniepeiling” come from?
opiniepeiling (Dutch) comes from Dutch opinie, from Middle Dutch opinie, from Old French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
opiniepeiling (Dutch): opinion poll, methodic attempt to quantify public opinion
Definitions
- opinion poll, methodic attempt to quantify public opinion
Ancestry of “opiniepeiling”, step by step
opiniepeiling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch opinie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | opinie | opinion |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | opinie | — |
| 3 | Old French | opinion | — |
| 4 | Latin | opīniō | opinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |