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Where does “volksvertegenwoordiger” come from?

volksvertegenwoordiger (Dutch) comes from Dutch vertegenwoordiger, 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 — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

volksvertegenwoordiger (Dutch): representative of the people, somebody who has...

Definitions

  1. representative of the people, somebody who has...

Ancestry of “volksvertegenwoordiger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvertegenwoordigerrepresentative
2Dutchvertegenwoordigento represent
3Dutchtegenwoordigpresent, current; nowadays, presently
4Dutchtegenagainst; to, towards
5Middle Dutchtegen—
6Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
7Old Dutchte—
8Proto-Germanictato
9Proto-Germanictōto
10Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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