Where does “Halloweenkostüm” come from?
Halloweenkostüm (German) comes from German Kostüm, from Ottoman Turkish قوستوم, from French costume, from Italian costume, from Latin cōnsuētūdō, from Latin cōnsuēscō, from Latin suēscō, from Proto-Indo-European swe-dʰh₁-sk- — to do, put, place.
Halloweenkostüm (German): Halloween costume
Definitions
- Halloween costume
Ancestry of “Halloweenkostüm”, step by step
Halloweenkostüm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kostüm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kostüm | costume |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قوستوم | — |
| 3 | French | costume | A style of dress characteristic of a particular... |
| 4 | Italian | costume | A custom, habit; A costume; A swimsuit |
| 5 | Latin | cōnsuētūdō | The act of habituating; state of being habituated or accustomed, habituation |
| 6 | Latin | cōnsuēscō | to accustom, inure or habituate, tend to |
| 7 | Latin | suēscō | to become used or accustomed to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swe-dʰh₁-sk- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via German Halloween
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Halloween | Halloween |
| 2 | English | halloween | The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces |
| 3 | English | Allhalloweven | — |
| 4 | English | Even | An ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people... |
| 5 | Middle English | even | smoothly, evenly |
| 6 | Old English | efn | equal, level, even |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ebn | even, level |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ebnaz | even, level |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁émnos | equal, straight; flat, level, even |