Where does “vormingsroman” come from?
vormingsroman (Dutch) comes from German Bildungsroman, from German roman, from French roman, from Old French romanz, from Latin rōmānicē, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
vormingsroman (Dutch): bildungsroman
Definitions
- bildungsroman
Ancestry of “vormingsroman”, step by step
vormingsroman traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bildungsroman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bildungsroman | A bildungsroman, a novel of personal maturation |
| 2 | German | roman | novel |
| 3 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 4 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 5 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 6 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Dutch vorming
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vorming | formation; education |
| 2 | Dutch | vormen | to form, mold; to make up, constitute; to confirm... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vormen | to form, to create |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch roman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | roman | A novel |