Where does “AIDS-potilas” come from?

AIDS-potilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish AIDS, from English aids, from English aid, from Middle English aiden, from Middle French ayder, from Old French aidier, from Latin adiūtō, from Latin -tō — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

AIDS-potilas (Finnish): AIDS patient

Definitions

  1. AIDS patient

Ancestry of “AIDS-potilas”, step by step

AIDS-potilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish AIDS

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAIDSAIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
2Englishaidsplural of aid; Third-person singular simple...
3EnglishaidHelp; assistance; succor, relief; A helper; an...
4Middle EnglishaidenTo aid
5Middle Frenchayderto help; to aid
6Old Frenchaidierto help
7Latinadiūtōto help, serve, assist
8Latin-tōForms here
9Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
10Proto-Italic-tus
11Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish potilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotilaspatient
2FinnishpoteaTo be sick with, have, suffer from
3Proto-Finnicpotedakto be sick with, to suffer from
4Proto-Finnicpoče-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō