Where does “snoezelen” come from?

snoezelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch doezelen, from Dutch doezen, from Dutch does, from Dutch douche, from French douche, from Italian doccia, from Italian doccione, from Latin ductiō — shoe.

snoezelen (Dutch): to practice snoezelen

Definitions

  1. to practice snoezelen

Ancestry of “snoezelen”, step by step

snoezelen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch doezelen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdoezelento doze; to feather, to dry-paint
2Dutchdoezento doze
3Dutchdoessleepy, dozy, not fully awake or to one's senses
4Dutchdoucheshower
5Frenchdoucheshower; first-person singular present indicative...
6Italiandocciashower; drainpipe; plaster cast
7Italiandoccionespout (for water); gargoyle
8Latinductiōleading (away)
9Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
10Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
11Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
12Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14Latincalceusshoe

via Dutch snuffelen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsnuffelento snuffle; to search for something haphazardly
2Dutchsnuffento snuff

Words derived from “snoezelen

Every word from Latin calceus
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