Where does “vergeefsheid” come from?

vergeefsheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch vergeefs, from Middle Dutch vergeves.

vergeefsheid (Dutch): futility

Definitions

  1. futility

Ancestry of “vergeefsheid”, step by step

vergeefsheid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vergeefs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvergeefsin vain; fruitless, futile
2Middle Dutchvergeves—

via Dutch heid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchheid—
Every word from Middle Dutch vergeves →Every word from Dutch vergeefs →