Where does “CO₂-kompensation” come from?

CO₂-kompensation (Danish) comes from Swedish kompensation, from Swedish -tion — -tion; making nouns. See also -else, -ing and...

CO₂-kompensation (Danish): carbon offset

Definitions

  1. carbon offset

Ancestry of “CO₂-kompensation”, step by step

CO₂-kompensation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kompensation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkompensationa compensation
2Swedish-tion-tion; making nouns. See also -else, -ing and...

via Danish CO₂

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishCO₂carbon dioxide
2TranslingualCO₂—
Every word from Swedish -tion →Every word from Swedish kompensation →