Where does “zedelijkheidsapostel” come from?
zedelijkheidsapostel (Dutch) comes from Dutch apostel, from Middle Dutch apostel, from Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος, from Ancient Greek ἀποστέλλω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος — to push, to hit.
zedelijkheidsapostel (Dutch): moral guardian, moral crusader
Definitions
- moral guardian, moral crusader
Ancestry of “zedelijkheidsapostel”, step by step
zedelijkheidsapostel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch apostel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | apostel | apostle; knighthead |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | apostel | — |
| 3 | Latin | apostolus | a notice sent to a higher tribunal or judge;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀπόστολος | one who is sent; messenger, envoy, ambassador;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀποστέλλω | to send off, send away from; to send off,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Dutch zedelijkheid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | zedelijkheid | morality, moral stature |
| 2 | Dutch | zedelijk | moral |
| 3 | Dutch | zede | a norms or habit practiced by a certain people... |
| 4 | Dutch | zieden | to boil; to prepare by boiling; to seethe, to be... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | sieden | to boil; to prepare by boiling |
| 6 | Old Dutch | siethan | to boil |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | seuþan | to seethe, to boil |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | seuþaną | to seethe; boil |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |