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Where does “mobiltelefon” come from?

mobiltelefon (Danish) comes from Danish mobil, from French mobile, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

mobiltelefon (Danish): cell phone, mobile phone

Definitions

  1. cell phone, mobile phone

Ancestry of “mobiltelefon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmobilmobile, mobile phone, cell phone; mobile
2Frenchmobilemobile; moving; movable
3Latinmōbilis—
4Latin-bilis-ble
5Proto-Italic-ðlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “mobiltelefon”

  • mobiltelefon
  • mobil
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