Where does “retourvlucht” come from?
retourvlucht (Dutch) comes from Dutch retour, from French retour, from French retourner, from Old French retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
retourvlucht (Dutch): return flight (flight to go back)
Definitions
- return flight (flight to go back)
Ancestry of “retourvlucht”, step by step
retourvlucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch retour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | retour | back whence one came; return; return ticket for a... |
| 2 | French | retour | return; second coming |
| 3 | French | retourner | to turn over, turn upside-down; to turn; to toss... |
| 4 | Old French | retorner | to return; to turn again |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | retornare | to turn back |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Dutch vlucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vlucht | flight; swarm; escape, flight |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vlucht | flight, escape; flight, act of flying; speed |
| 3 | Old Dutch | fluht | refuge |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |