Where does “Amsterdam pound” come from?
Amsterdam pound (English) comes from Dutch Amsterdams pond, from Dutch Amsterdams, from Dutch Amsterdam, from Middle Dutch Aemstelredam, from Dutch dam, from Middle French dame, from Spanish dama, from French dame — to build; to arrange, to put together.
Amsterdam pound (English): One of many locally defined weight measures...
Definitions
- One of many locally defined weight measures...
Ancestry of “Amsterdam pound”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Amsterdams pond | Amsterdam pound: one of many locally defined... |
| 2 | Dutch | Amsterdams | from Amsterdam, relating to that Dutch city |
| 3 | Dutch | Amsterdam | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | Aemstelredam | — |
| 5 | Dutch | dam | dam; king |
| 6 | Middle French | dame | dame, double checkers piece |
| 7 | Spanish | dama | lady, dame; queen |
| 8 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 9 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 10 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 11 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 12 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 13 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |