Where does “byrokraattisuus” come from?
byrokraattisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish byrokraattinen, from Finnish byrokraatti, from French bureaucrate, from French bureaucratie, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
byrokraattisuus (Finnish): The property of being bureaucratic
Definitions
- The property of being bureaucratic
Ancestry of “byrokraattisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | byrokraattinen | bureaucratic |
| 2 | Finnish | byrokraatti | bureaucrat |
| 3 | French | bureaucrate | bureaucrat |
| 4 | French | bureaucratie | bureaucracy |
| 5 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 6 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 7 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 8 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 9 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |