Where does “schampelioen” come from?
schampelioen (Middle Dutch) comes from French échantillon, from Old French eschandillon, from Old French eschandiller, from Latin scandaculum, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
Ancestry of “schampelioen”, step by step
schampelioen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French échantillon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | échantillon | sample, extract |
| 2 | Old French | eschandillon | standard |
| 3 | Old French | eschandiller | to verify the measures of merchants |
| 4 | Latin | scandaculum | ladder |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Old French eschantillon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | eschantillon | — |