Where does “privatliv” come from?
privatliv (Danish) comes from Danish privat, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er.
privatliv (Danish): private life
Definitions
- private life
Ancestry of “privatliv”, step by step
privatliv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish privat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | privat | private (not done in the view of others) |
| 2 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 3 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 4 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 5 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 6 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 7 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 8 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 9 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
via Danish liv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | liv | life; waist, middle; bodice |
| 2 | Old Danish | lif | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | líf | life |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lībą | body; life |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lībaną | to remain, to be left |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyp- | to stick; fat or sticky substance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |