Where does “verfraaien” come from?
verfraaien (Dutch) comes from Dutch fraai, from Middle Dutch vrai, from Old French verai, from Late Latin vērāgus, from Latin vērāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
verfraaien (Dutch): to beautify, embellish
Definitions
- to beautify, embellish
Ancestry of “verfraaien”, step by step
verfraaien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch fraai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fraai | beautiful, pretty, handsome; nice, fancy |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vrai | — |
| 3 | Old French | verai | real; genuine |
| 4 | Late Latin | vērāgus | — |
| 5 | Latin | vērāx | truthful |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |