Where does “snoezelen” come from?
snoezelen (English) comes from Dutch snoezelen, from Dutch doezelen, from Dutch doezen, from Dutch does, from Dutch douche, from French douche, from Italian doccia, from Italian doccione — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
snoezelen (English): controlled multisensory stimulation, a type of...
Definitions
- controlled multisensory stimulation, a type of...
Ancestry of “snoezelen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | snoezelen | to practice snoezelen |
| 2 | Dutch | doezelen | to doze; to feather, to dry-paint |
| 3 | Dutch | doezen | to doze |
| 4 | Dutch | does | sleepy, dozy, not fully awake or to one's senses |
| 5 | Dutch | douche | shower |
| 6 | French | douche | shower; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 7 | Italian | doccia | shower; drainpipe; plaster cast |
| 8 | Italian | doccione | spout ; gargoyle |
| 9 | Latin | ductiō | — |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |