Where does “dokumentaristi” come from?
dokumentaristi (Finnish) comes from French documentariste, from French documentaire, from French document, from Italian documento, from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
dokumentaristi (Finnish): documentarian, documentarist producer of documentaries
Definitions
- documentarian, documentarist producer of documentaries
Ancestry of “dokumentaristi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | documentariste | documentarian |
| 2 | French | documentaire | documentary |
| 3 | French | document | document; file |
| 4 | Italian | documento | document; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 6 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 7 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |