Where does “vrijdenker” come from?
vrijdenker (Dutch) comes from English freethinker, from English Free, from English faller, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
vrijdenker (Dutch): freethinker, someone critical of organised religion
Definitions
- freethinker, someone critical of organised religion
Ancestry of “vrijdenker”, step by step
vrijdenker traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English freethinker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | freethinker | A person who has formed their opinions using... |
| 2 | English | Free | Unconstrained |
| 3 | English | faller | One who falls; A fruit that falls from the tree,... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch vrij
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vrij | free; not imprisoned or enslaved; free;... |
| 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-Germanic | frijōną | to love; to free; to like |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | prāy- | to like, love |