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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

  1. controlled multisensory stimulation, a type of...

Ancestry of “snoezelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsnoezelento practice snoezelen
2Dutchdoezelento doze; to feather, to dry-paint
3Dutchdoezento doze
4Dutchdoessleepy, dozy, not fully awake or to one's senses
5Dutchdoucheshower
6Frenchdoucheshower; first-person singular present indicative...
7Italiandocciashower; drainpipe; plaster cast
8Italiandoccionespout ; gargoyle
9Latinductiō—
10Latin-tiō—
11Latindissertātiō—
12Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
13Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
14Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
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