Etymology

disselboom

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Today it means: One of the poles supporting a wagon. Full definition →

Afrikaans disselboom ← Dutch disselboom
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromdisselboom
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromdisselboom
  3. English todaydisselboom

Borrowed from Afrikaans disselboom, from Dutch disselboom, a compound of dissel (“support pole”) and boom (“tree; beam”).

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