Where does “telefoonnet” come from?
telefoonnet (Dutch) comes from Dutch telefoon, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
telefoonnet (Dutch): telephone network
Definitions
- telephone network
Ancestry of “telefoonnet”, step by step
telefoonnet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch telefoon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | telefoon | telephone |
| 2 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Dutch Net
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Net | Reticulum |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | net | neat, decent, pretty |
| 3 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 5 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 6 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 9 | Cebuano | -hi | — |