Where does “kredowobiały” come from?
kredowobiały (Polish) comes from Polish kredowy, from Polish kreda, from German Kreide, from Middle High German krīde, from Old High German krīda, from Vulgar Latin *crēda, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
kredowobiały (Polish): chalk-white
Definitions
- chalk-white
Ancestry of “kredowobiały”, step by step
kredowobiały traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish kredowy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | kredowy | chalk, chalky |
| 2 | Polish | kreda | chalk; Cretaceous |
| 3 | German | Kreide | a chalk |
| 4 | Middle High German | krīde | — |
| 5 | Old High German | krīda | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *crēda | — |
| 7 | Latin | Crēta | chalk |
| 8 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 9 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 10 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 11 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |