Dutch words from Greek
5 Dutch words with Greek in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
gas
It is a scientific coinage of the Flemish physician and chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont, used in his Ortus Medicinae, which appeared after his death in 1648. Van Helmont said himself that he had the…
idee
It is inherited from Middle Dutch idee, borrowed from Old French idee, from Latin idea (“idea, archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “appearance, form, notion”). French had the word from 1119…
probleem
It is borrowed from Latin problēma (“task, problem”), from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “problem, obstacle, question to be solved”), literally “what is put forward”. The Greek noun comes from…
schip
It is inherited from Middle Dutch schip, inherited from Old Dutch skip, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skip, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skipą. The same word is Old Saxon scip, Old High…
school
1. The educational institution is inherited from Middle Dutch schole, borrowed from Latin schola (“school”), which is from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “school; earlier leisure spent in learning…