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
Ancestry of “AIDS-potilas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | AIDS | AIDS |
| 2 | English | aids | plural of aid; Third-person singular simple... |
| 3 | English | aid | Help; assistance; succor, relief; A helper; an... |
| 4 | Middle English | aiden | To aid |
| 5 | Middle French | ayder | to help; to aid |
| 6 | Old French | aidier | to help |
| 7 | Latin | adiūtō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |