Where does “uitpluizen” come from?
uitpluizen (Dutch) comes from Dutch pluizen, from Old French peluchier, from Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.
uitpluizen (Dutch): to investigate, to explore, to get to the bottom...
Definitions
- to investigate, to explore, to get to the bottom...
Ancestry of “uitpluizen”, step by step
uitpluizen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch pluizen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pluizen | to remove flowering side branches from |
| 2 | Old French | peluchier | to peel; to clean |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *pilūc(i)cāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pilāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 6 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 7 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |