Where does “vloei” come from?
vloei (Dutch) comes from Dutch vloeipapier, from Dutch papier, from Middle Dutch papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é.
vloei (Dutch): A sheet of blotting paper
Definitions
- A sheet of blotting paper
Ancestry of “vloei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vloeipapier | Some blotting paper or a sheet of blotting paper;... |
| 2 | Dutch | papier | paper; A piece of paper; money |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | papier | — |
| 4 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 5 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 6 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 7 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 8 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 9 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 10 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 11 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |