Where does “privépost” come from?
privépost (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...
privépost (Dutch): private mail
Definitions
- private mail
Ancestry of “privépost”, step by step
privépost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch privé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | privé | private |
| 2 | French | privé | private; past participle of priver |
| 3 | Old French | privé | private |
| 4 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 5 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 6 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 7 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 8 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 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 | first conjugation |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
via Dutch post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | post | Mail; A mail office, a post office; A location or... |
| 2 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 3 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 4 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 5 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 7 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |