Where does “dekaaninvirasto” come from?
dekaaninvirasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish dekaani, from Swedish dekan, from Latin decānus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
dekaaninvirasto (Finnish): dean's office
Definitions
- dean's office
Ancestry of “dekaaninvirasto”, step by step
dekaaninvirasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish dekaani
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | dekaani | dean senior official in a university or college |
| 2 | Swedish | dekan | decane; dean; senior office in a university |
| 3 | Latin | decānus | chief of ten people (in various contexts) |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |