Where does “alitus” come from?
alitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish alittaa, from Finnish Ali, from Finnish Aleksanteri, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ.
alitus (Finnish): The act of passing underneath; The beating of a...
Definitions
- The act of passing underneath; The beating of a...
Ancestry of “alitus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | alittaa | to pass underneath, go under; to beat |
| 2 | Finnish | Ali | — |
| 3 | Finnish | Aleksanteri | Alexander |
| 4 | Latin | Alexander | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | — |