Where does “rempedaal” come from?
rempedaal (Dutch) comes from Dutch pedaal, from French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedalis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
rempedaal (Dutch): brake pedal
Definitions
- brake pedal
Ancestry of “rempedaal”, step by step
rempedaal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch pedaal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pedaal | pedal |
| 2 | French | pédale | pedal; queer, homo; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | pedale | pedal; treadle; foot |
| 4 | Latin | pedalis | foot; measuring one foot long |
| 5 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Dutch rem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rem | brake |
| 2 | Dutch | remmen | to brake, slow down; plural of rem |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | remmen | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | remmen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hramjaną | to put into a frame, to place a frame around; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |