Where does “aktiiviupseeri” come from?
aktiiviupseeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish upseeri, from Swedish officer, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex — obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
aktiiviupseeri (Finnish): frontline service
Definitions
- frontline service
Ancestry of “aktiiviupseeri”, step by step
aktiiviupseeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish upseeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | upseeri | officer; either a queen, knight, bishop or rook |
| 2 | Swedish | officer | officer, a military person of "fänrik" grade or... |
| 3 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 4 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 6 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 7 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 8 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 9 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 10 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 11 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 12 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 13 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
via Finnish aktiivinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aktiivinen | active |
| 2 | Finnish | aktiivi | activist; active voice; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |