Where does “Muldergate” come from?
Muldergate (English) comes from English Mulder, from Dutch mulder, from Middle Dutch molre, from Latin molīnārius, from Latin molīnum, from Latin molīnus, from Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
Muldergate (English): A South African political scandal of the 1970s, in which Prime Minister B. J. Vorster, Dr. Connie Mulder (Minister of Information) and Dr. Eschel Rhoodie (Secretary of Department of Information) were implicated in plans to use government resources to fight a propaganda war for its then Apartheid Gov
Definitions
- A South African political scandal of the 1970s, in which Prime Minister B. J. Vorster, Dr. Connie Mulder (Minister of Information) and Dr. Eschel Rhoodie (Secretary of Department of Information) were implicated in plans to use government resources to fight a propaganda war for its then Apartheid Gov
Ancestry of “Muldergate”, step by step
Muldergate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Mulder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mulder | — |
| 2 | Dutch | mulder | A miller |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | molre | — |
| 4 | Latin | molīnārius | miller |
| 5 | Latin | molīnum | a mill |
| 6 | Latin | molīnus | mill |
| 7 | Latin | mola | millstone; mill; ground meal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via English gate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gate | A doorlike structure outside a house; Doorway,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gate | An entryway or entrance to a settlement or... |
| 3 | Old English | ġeat | gate; a gate, door |
| 4 | Old French | gaut | forest, woods, woodland |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |