Where does “kraal” come from?
Kraal comes from Dutch kraal, which derives from Dutch koraal, from Latin choralis, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός, which traces back through Ancient Greek κόρη to Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.
kraal (English): In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural...
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Ancestry of “kraal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kraal | A bead; Several similarly spheric objects;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | crael | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | corael | — |
| 4 | Old French | coral | — |
| 5 | Latin | corallium | coral |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κοράλλιον | coral |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἅλς | salt; brine; sea |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |