Where does “vredesmissie” come from?
vredesmissie (Dutch) comes from Dutch missie, from French mission, from Old French mission, from Latin missiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
vredesmissie (Dutch): peacekeeping mission
Definitions
- peacekeeping mission
Ancestry of “vredesmissie”, step by step
vredesmissie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch missie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | missie | mission, task; mission |
| 2 | French | mission | mission (duty that involves fulfilling a request) |
| 3 | Old French | mission | expense; cost; outlay |
| 4 | Latin | missiō | sending, mission |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Dutch vrede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vrede | peace; peace treaty |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vrēde | peace |
| 3 | Old Dutch | fritho | Alternative spelling of frithu |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | friþu | peace |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | friþuz | peace, tranquility; sanctuary, refuge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | priHós | dear, beloved; happy, free |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preyH- | to love, to please |