Where does “noodle” come from?
Noodle comes from Dutch noedel, from German Nudel, ultimately of uncertain origin.
noodle (English): a string or strip of pasta; a person with poor...
Definitions
- a string or strip of pasta; a person with poor...
Ancestry of “noodle”, step by step
noodle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English nodule
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nodule | A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot... |
| 2 | Latin | nōdulus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Esperanto nune
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | nune | nowadays |
| 2 | Esperanto | -e | -ly; the ending for correlatives of place |
| 3 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |