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
- to practice snoezelen
Ancestry of “snoezelen”, step by step
snoezelen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch doezelen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | doezelen | to doze; to feather, to dry-paint |
| 2 | Dutch | doezen | to doze |
| 3 | Dutch | does | sleepy, dozy, not fully awake or to one's senses |
| 4 | Dutch | douche | shower |
| 5 | French | douche | shower; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 6 | Italian | doccia | shower; drainpipe; plaster cast |
| 7 | Italian | doccione | spout (for water); gargoyle |
| 8 | Latin | ductiō | leading (away) |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |