Where does “forfinelse” come from?

forfinelse (Danish) comes from Danish forfine, from German verfeinern, from German feiner, from Catalan feina, from Old Catalan faena, from Latin facienda, from Latin faciendus, from Latin faciō.

forfinelse (Danish): refinement

Definitions

  1. refinement

Ancestry of “forfinelse”, step by step

forfinelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish forfine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishforfineto refine, fine-tune
2Germanverfeinernto refine
3Germanfeinercomparative degree of fein
4Catalanfeinawork, job
5Old Catalanfaenatask, chore
6Latinfaciendanominative feminine singular of faciendus;...
7Latinfacienduswhich is to be done or made
8Latinfaciōto do
9Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
10Latin-tōriusory
11Latin-tor-er
12Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
13Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
14Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor