Where does “privébrief” come from?
privébrief (Dutch) comes from Dutch privé, from French privé, from Old French privé, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er — Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
privébrief (Dutch): private piece of correspondence
Definitions
- private piece of correspondence
Ancestry of “privébrief”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | privé | private |
| 2 | French | privé | private; past participle of priver |
| 3 | Old French | privé | private |
| 4 | Latin | prīvātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | prīvō | — |
| 6 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 7 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 8 | Cornish | -er | — |
| 9 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 10 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 11 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 12 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |