Where does “vrijpleiten” come from?
vrijpleiten (Dutch) comes from Dutch vrij, from Middle Dutch vri, from Old Dutch frī, from Proto-West Germanic frī, from Proto-Germanic frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European priHós, from Proto-Indo-European preyH- — to love, to please.
vrijpleiten (Dutch): to exonerate, free from guilt through pleading
Definitions
- to exonerate, free from guilt through pleading
Ancestry of “vrijpleiten”, step by step
vrijpleiten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vrij
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vrij | free; not imprisoned or enslaved; free;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vri | free |
| 3 | Old Dutch | frī | free, unbound |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | frī | free |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | frijaz | free |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | priHós | dear, beloved; happy, free |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preyH- | to love, to please |
via Dutch pleiten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pleiten | to plead |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | pleiten | — |
| 3 | Old French | plaider | Alternative form of plaidier; to plead, offer a... |
| 4 | Old French | plait | agreement; argument; dispute; court |
| 5 | Latin | placitum | opinion, teaching, theory; decree, sentence,... |
| 6 | Latin | placitus | pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, agreed upon |
| 7 | Latin | placeō | to be pleasing or agreeable to; to please, to be nice; to be welcome or acceptable; to satisfy, suit in a mental rather than a sensual way |