Where does “sleutelroman” come from?
sleutelroman (Dutch) comes from Dutch roman, from French roman, from Old French romanz, from Latin rōmānicē, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
sleutelroman (Dutch): a novel about real-life people and events (though possibly with altered names)
Definitions
- a novel about real-life people and events (though possibly with altered names)
Ancestry of “sleutelroman”, step by step
sleutelroman traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch roman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | roman | A novel |
| 2 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 3 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 4 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Dutch sleutel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | sleutel | A key; A wrench, a spanner; A clef |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | slōtel | key |
| 3 | Old Dutch | slutil | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sleutan | to bolt, lock |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sleutaną | to bolt, lock; to shut, close |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)klewd- | to lock |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kleh₂w- | a hook, crook, peg |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |
via French roman à clef
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | roman à clef | roman à clef”, literally “novel with a key |