Where does “spionagenetwerk” come from?
spionagenetwerk (Dutch) comes from Dutch netwerk, from Dutch Net, from Middle Dutch net, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo.
spionagenetwerk (Dutch): spy ring
Definitions
- spy ring
Ancestry of “spionagenetwerk”, step by step
spionagenetwerk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch netwerk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | netwerk | network; network, netting; social network |
| 2 | Dutch | Net | Reticulum |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | net | neat, decent, pretty |
| 4 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 6 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 7 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 10 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Dutch spionage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spionage | espionage, spying |
| 2 | French | espionnage | espionage; spying |
| 3 | French | espionner | to spy |
| 4 | French | espion | spy |
| 5 | Middle French | espion | — |
| 6 | Old French | espion | spy |
| 7 | Frankish | *spehō | — |
| 8 | Frankish | spehōn | to spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | spehōną | to peer, look, spy |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |