Where does “urilift” come from?
urilift (Dutch) comes from Dutch urinoir, from French urinoir, from French -oir, from Latin -ere, from Proto-Italic -ezi, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.
urilift (Dutch): A urinal contained in an elevator, allowing the...
Definitions
- A urinal contained in an elevator, allowing the...
Ancestry of “urilift”, step by step
urilift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch urinoir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | urinoir | urinal |
| 2 | French | urinoir | urinal |
| 3 | French | -oir | A suffix used on verbs to form masculine words... |
| 4 | Latin | -ere | infinitive forming suffix; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ezi | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch lift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lift | A lift, an elevator; A free ride, a lift |
| 2 | British English | lift | — |
| 3 | French | lift | lift attendant UK, elevator attendant US |
| 4 | English | lift | To raise or rise; To steal; To source directly... |
| 5 | Middle English | lifte | — |
| 6 | Old English | lyft | air, atmosphere; the sky |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |