Where does “vertegenwoordiger” come from?
vertegenwoordiger (Dutch) comes from Dutch vertegenwoordigen, from Dutch tegenwoordig, from Dutch tegen, from Middle Dutch tegen, from Middle Dutch te, from Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic ta, from Proto-Germanic tō — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
vertegenwoordiger (Dutch): representative
Ancestry of “vertegenwoordiger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | vertegenwoordigen | to represent |
| 2 | Dutch | tegenwoordig | present, current; nowadays, presently |
| 3 | Dutch | tegen | against; to, towards |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | tegen | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | te | at, in; to, towards; at, during |
| 6 | Old Dutch | te | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ta | to |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |
Words derived from “vertegenwoordiger”