Where does “versluizen” come from?
versluizen (Dutch) comes from Dutch sluis, from English sluice, from Middle English sluse, from Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō — close.
versluizen (Dutch): to transit, to ship through
Definitions
- to transit, to ship through
Ancestry of “versluizen”, step by step
versluizen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch sluis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | sluis | sluice, lock |
| 2 | English | sluice | An artificial passage for water, fitted with a... |
| 3 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 4 | Middle English | scluse | sluice |
| 5 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 6 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 7 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 8 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 9 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 10 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
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)" |