Where does “זײַטל” come from?
זײַטל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish וועבזײַטל, from English website, from English site, from Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
זײַטל (Yiddish): website, webpage
Definitions
- website, webpage
Ancestry of “זײַטל”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | וועבזײַטל | website |
| 2 | English | website | A collection of interlinked web pages on the... |
| 3 | English | site | Sorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;... |
| 4 | Middle English | site | sorrow, grief |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | site | site; location |
| 6 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |