Where does “maxipad” come from?
maxipad (English) comes from English pad, from Dutch pad, from Middle Dutch pat, from Old Dutch path, from Proto-West Germanic paþ, from Proto-Germanic paþaz, from Proto-Iranian pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pántaHs — to pass; path.
maxipad (English): A sanitary napkin designed to handle particularly heavy flow
Definitions
- A sanitary napkin designed to handle particularly heavy flow
Ancestry of “maxipad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pad | A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie... |
| 2 | Dutch | pad | path; toad; The slot in the frame that accepts... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | pat | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | path | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | paþ | path |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | paþaz | path |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | pántaHh | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pántaHs | path |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pent- | to pass; path |