Where does “waarschijnlijk” come from?

waarschijnlijk (Dutch) comes from French vraisemblable, from French vrai, from Old French verai, from Late Latin vērāgus, from Latin vērāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

waarschijnlijk (Dutch): probably; probable, likely

Definitions

  1. probably; probable, likely

Ancestry of “waarschijnlijk”, step by step

waarschijnlijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French vraisemblable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvraisemblableplausible, likely
2Frenchvraitrue; real; truth
3Old Frenchveraireal; genuine
4Late Latinvērāgus
5Latinvērāxtruthful
6Latin-āxish, -y
7Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Latin vērisimilis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvērisimilisapparently true
2Latinverumtruly; even so; but; yet; however; still
3Latinvērspring
4Latinveror
5Proto-Italicwezorspring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwósr̥spring

Words derived from “waarschijnlijk

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius