Where does “verpulveren” come from?

verpulveren (Dutch) comes from Dutch pulver, from Latin pulvis, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

verpulveren (Dutch): to annihilate, to pulverise

Definitions

  1. to annihilate, to pulverise

Ancestry of “verpulveren”, step by step

verpulveren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch pulver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpulverpowder
2Latinpulvisdust, powder; an arena, place of contest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Dutch ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver- -enForms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)"

Words derived from “verpulveren”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Latin pulvis →Every word from Dutch pulver →