Where does “vruchtafdrijving” come from?
vruchtafdrijving (Dutch) comes from Dutch vrucht, from Middle Dutch vrucht, from Old Dutch fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European déh₃rom — to give.
vruchtafdrijving (Dutch): abortion
Definitions
- abortion
Ancestry of “vruchtafdrijving”, step by step
vruchtafdrijving traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vrucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vrucht | fruit; fear |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vrucht | produce, product, profit; fruit; fetus |
| 3 | Old Dutch | fruht | fruit |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fruht | fruit |
| 5 | Latin | frūctus | enjoyed; having derived pleasure from |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δῶρον | gift; hand's width |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | dṓron | gift |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃rom | gift |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via Dutch afdrijving
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | afdrijving | to drive something or someone away; abortion |
| 2 | Dutch | -ing | Creates action nouns referring to the performance... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -inge | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -inga | — |