Where does “hedge sermon” come from?
hedge sermon (English) comes from Dutch hagenpreek, from Dutch preek, from Dutch preken, from Dutch prediken, from Middle Dutch prēdiken, from Old Dutch predicon, from Latin praedicō, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
hedge sermon (English): An open-air religious service held by Calvinists...
Definitions
- An open-air religious service held by Calvinists...
Ancestry of “hedge sermon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hagenpreek | hedge sermon |
| 2 | Dutch | preek | sermon; lecture |
| 3 | Dutch | preken | to preach; to sermonise, to lecture |
| 4 | Dutch | prediken | to preach |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | prēdiken | to preach |
| 6 | Old Dutch | predicon | to preach |
| 7 | Latin | praedicō | to proclaim, declare publicly |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |