Where does “portretteren” come from?
portretteren (Dutch) comes from Dutch portret, from French portrait, from Middle French portraict, from Middle French portraire, from Latin protraho, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
portretteren (Dutch): to draw, paint or photograph a portrait of, to portray
Definitions
- to draw, paint or photograph a portrait of, to portray
Ancestry of “portretteren”, step by step
portretteren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch portret
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | portret | portrait |
| 2 | French | portrait | portrait; description |
| 3 | Middle French | portraict | — |
| 4 | Middle French | portraire | to portray |
| 5 | Latin | protraho | I drag, pull, draw or bring forth or out; I bring... |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Dutch eren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | eren | to honor/honour, to pay homage/respects; to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | êren | to honour, to dignify |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |