Where does “diaprojektori” come from?

diaprojektori (Finnish) comes from Finnish dia, from Finnish diapositiivi — slide, diapositive.

diaprojektori (Finnish): slide projector

Definitions

  1. slide projector

Ancestry of “diaprojektori”, step by step

diaprojektori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish dia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdiaslide
2Finnishdiapositiivislide, diapositive

via Finnish projektori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishprojektoriprojector
2Latinprojectorperson who throws away
Every word from Finnish diapositiivi →Every word from Finnish dia →