asiel
Dutch (Brabantic)
/aːˈzil/
noun
Definitions
- asylum state of legal protection
- animal shelter
- (dated) closed institution into which people are admitted, asylum
Etymology
Borrowed from French asile derived from Latin asȳlum derived from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (sanctuary).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄσυλον
Gloss
sanctuary
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- asylum Latin
- asȳlum Latin
- asielzoeker Dutch, Flemish
- asielzoekerscentrum Dutch, Flemish
- kerk Dutch, Flemish
- kerkasiel Dutch, Flemish
- zoeker Dutch, Flemish
- asilaire French
- asile French
- ἄσυλον Ancient Greek
- asyl Norwegian Bokmål
- asilo Portuguese
- asyl Swedish
- azyl Polish
- asyl Norwegian Nynorsk
- asyl Danish
- azil Serbo-Croatian
- азил Serbo-Croatian
- asil Catalan, Valencian
- άσυλο Greek (modern)