Where does “verpoolsen” come from?
verpoolsen (Dutch) comes from Dutch Pools, from Dutch Pool, from Middle Dutch pool, from Old French poil, from Latin pēnsilis, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.
verpoolsen (Dutch): to Polonize
Definitions
- to Polonize
Ancestry of “verpoolsen”, step by step
verpoolsen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Pools
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Pools | Polish |
| 2 | Dutch | Pool | A Pole |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | pool | — |
| 4 | Old French | poil | hair |
| 5 | Latin | pēnsilis | hanging (down), pendant, pensile |
| 6 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
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)" |