Where does “witsnuitlibel” come from?
witsnuitlibel (Dutch) comes from Dutch libel, from Latin libellus, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob, from English long — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
witsnuitlibel (Dutch): a whiteface, a dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia
Definitions
- a whiteface, a dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia
Ancestry of “witsnuitlibel”, step by step
witsnuitlibel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch libel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | libel | dragonfly, insect of the infraorder Anisoptera;... |
| 2 | Latin | libellus | a little book, booklet, pamphlet; a billet,... |
| 3 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 5 | French | lober | to lob |
| 6 | French | lob | lob |
| 7 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 8 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 9 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 10 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 11 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 12 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 13 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |