Where does “zadelrug” come from?
zadelrug (Dutch) comes from English saddleback, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus — Forms comparative adjectives.
zadelrug (Dutch): a saddleback; any bird of the genus Philesturnus
Definitions
- a saddleback; any bird of the genus Philesturnus
Ancestry of “zadelrug”, step by step
zadelrug traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English saddleback
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | saddleback | A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass... |
| 2 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 3 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 4 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 7 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 8 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 9 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 10 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 11 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 12 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 13 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
via Dutch zadel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | zadel | saddle |
| 2 | Middle Low German | sēdel | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | cedula | Alternative form of schedula |
| 4 | Latin | schedula | leaf of paper |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |