Where does “reisbureau” come from?
reisbureau (Dutch) comes from Dutch bureau, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
reisbureau (Dutch): travel agency
Definitions
- travel agency
Ancestry of “reisbureau”, step by step
reisbureau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bureau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bureau | desk; office |
| 2 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 3 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 4 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Dutch reis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | reis | travel; trip, tour |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | rese | — |
| 3 | Old Swedish | rēsa | to raise, erect |
| 4 | Old Norse | reisa | to raise |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | raizijaną | to cause to rise; raise |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rīsaną | to scale; move vertically; to rise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rey- | to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise |